σύνορο
Greek
Alternative forms
- σύνορον (sýnoron) — Katharevousa
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σῠ́νορον (súnoron, “border, boundary, limit”) from Koine Greek σῠ́νορος (súnoros, “conterminous with, neighboring, bordering”), equivalent to συν- (syn-, “with”) + όριο (ório, “boundary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.no.ro/
- Hyphenation: σύ‧νο‧ρο
Noun
σύνορο • (sýnoro) n (plural σύνορα)
- border, boundary, limit, dividing line
- (in the plural) borders; the border, common border area; borderzone, borderland; frontier
- Τουρκικό τεθωρακισμένο προσπαθεί με σχοινί να ρίξει τον φράχτη στα σύνορα
- Tourkikó tethorakisméno prospatheí me schoiní na ríxei ton fráchti sta sýnora
- Turkish tank tries to knock over fence with rope at the border
Declension
Synonyms
- όριο (ório), όριον (órion)
Related terms
- συνορεύω (synorévo, “to share a common border; abut, adjoin, be adjacent to”)
- συνοριοφύλακας (synoriofýlakas, “border guard”)
Further reading
σύνορο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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