κλειδί
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kleː.dí/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kliˈdi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kliˈði/
Greek
Alternative forms
- (Katharevousa) κλείς (kleís)
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek κλειδίν (kleidín), from Ancient Greek κλειδίον (kleidíon), diminutive of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Hellenic *klāwī́ds, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kliˈði]
- Hyphenation: κλει‧δί
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
κλειδί • (kleidí) n (plural κλειδιά)
- key (an object that goes into the keyhole and as it turns left or right it locks or unlocks a door, drawer, etc.)
- (cryptography) key
- (music) key
- (engineering) wrench
- (construction) keystone (a central wedge-shaped piece of an arch or dome that locks the other pieces in place)
Declension
Derived terms
- αντικλείδι n (antikleídi, “master key, skeleton key”)
- γαλλικό κλειδί n (gallikó kleidí, “adjustable spanner, wrench”)
- γερμανικό κλειδί n (germanikó kleidí, “spanner, wrench”)
- κλειδώνω (kleidóno, “to lock”)
Further reading
- κλειδί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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