καρμανιόλα

Greek
FWOTD – 14 July 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from French carmagnole (initially a short jacket, later a song and dance of the Terreur period.)[1] from Italian Carmagnola, an Italian city in Tuscany.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaɾ.maˈɲo.la/
  • Hyphenation: καρ‧μα‧νιό‧λα

Noun

καρμανιόλα • (karmanióla) f (plural καρμανιόλες)

  1. (historical) guillotine (for capital punishment)
    Synonyms: γκιλοτίνα (gkilotína), λαιμητόμος (laimitómos)
    • 1892, Georgios Souris, Η καρμανιόλα [The carmagnole]‎:
      Η καρμανιόλα στήνεται, η καρμανιόλα σφάζει,
      η καρμανιόλα περπατεί κι' ο κόσμος κάνει χάζι.
      I karmanióla stínetai, i karmanióla sfázei,
      i karmanióla perpateí ki' o kósmos kánei cházi.
      The carmagnole is built, the carmagnole will slit
      the carmagnole is walking with all the people watching.
  2. (figuratively) accident blackspot or a warning sign for one.
    Αυτή η επικίνδυνη στροφή είναι πραγματνική καρμανιόλα. Σκοτώθηκαν πολλοί οδηγοί εδώ.
    Aftí i epikíndyni strofí eínai pragmatnikí karmanióla. Skotóthikan polloí odigoí edó.
    This turn is a real carmagnole. Many drivers were killed here.
  3. (slang, card games) a trick set up and money won by swindlers [3]
  4. (colloquial) a strong saw for trees or iron
  5. (colloquial) a very expensive restaurant [3]
  6. (obsolete, historical) a French song and dance [4]

Declension
declension of καρμανιόλα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative καρμανιόλα • καρμανιόλες •
genitive καρμανιόλας • —
accusative καρμανιόλα • καρμανιόλες •
vocative καρμανιόλα • καρμανιόλες •
Genitive plural is dysfunctional.
  • Καρμανιόλος m (Karmaniólos) (usually in the plural, historical term for local revolutionaries at the island of Samos)

References
  1. καρμανιόλα - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. καρμανιόλα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  3. «καρμανιόλα» at Katos, Giorgos V. (2016) 'Λεξικό της λαϊκής και της περιθωριακής μας γλώσσας (Dictionary of our vernacular and nonstandard language). Thessaloniki, 2016, at the Centre for the Greek Language]
  4. Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
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