καινοτομία

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Koine Greek καινοτομία (novelty, strangeness) (the ancient sense: "invention").[1] By surface analysis, καινο- + -τομία from καινός (kainós, new) and τομή (tomḗ, intersection), τέμνω (témnō, cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ce.no.toˈmi.a/
  • Hyphenation: και‧νο‧το‧μί‧α

Noun

καινοτομία • (kainotomía) f (plural καινοτομίες)

  1. innovation, novelty

Declension

  • καινοτόμος m (kainotómos, noun)
  • καινοτομώ (kainotomó, verb)

See also

References

  1. καινοτομία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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