ουρανός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οὐρανός (ouranós), with the sense of "roof" taken as a semantic loan or calque from French.
Compare Mariupol Greek урано́с (uranós), урано́ (uranó).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.ɾaˈnos/
Declension
Related terms
- έβδομος ουρανός m (évdomos ouranós, “seventh heaven”)
- ουρανής (ouranís, “sky-blue”, adj)
- ουρανίσκος m (ouranískos, “palate, roof of the mouth”)
- ουράνιος (ouránios, “celestial”)
- ουράνιο τόξο n (ouránio tóxo, “rainbow”)
See also
- στερέωμα n (steréoma, “firmament”)
Further reading
- ουρανός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ουρανός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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