τυρί

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τυρίν (turín, “cheese”), from Ancient Greek τυρίον (turíon); diminutive of τυρός (turós, “cheese”), from Proto-Hellenic *tūrós, from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂-ró-s, from *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Cognate with Mariupol Greek тыри́ (tyrí).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiˈɾi/

Noun

τυρί • (tyrí) n (plural τυριά)

  1. cheese

Declension
declension of τυρί
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τυρί • τυριά •
genitive τυριού • τυριών •
accusative τυρί • τυριά •
vocative τυρί • τυριά •

Derived terms
  • ανθότυρο n (anthótyro, “cream cheese”)
  • τριμμένο τυρί n (trimméno tyrí, “grated cheese”)
  • Τυρινή f (Tyriní, “Sunday before Lent”)
  • Τυροφάγος f (Tyrofágos, “Sunday before Lent”)
  • τυρέμπορος m (tyrémporos, “cheese merchant”)
  • τυριέρα f (tyriéra, “cheese plate”)
  • τυροκαυτερή f (tyrokafterí, “cheese and onion salad”)
  • τυροκομία f (tyrokomía, “cheese making”)
  • τυροκομείο n (tyrokomeío, “dairy”)
  • τυροκομικός (tyrokomikós, “dairy, cheese, cheese-making”) (adjective)
  • τυροκομώ (tyrokomó, “to make cheese”)
  • τυροκόμος m or f (tyrokómos, “cheesemaker”)
  • τυροπιτάδικο n (tyropitádiko, “cheese pie shop”)
  • τυρόγαλα f (tyrógala, “whey”)
  • τυρόγαλο n (tyrógalo, “whey”)
  • τυρόπηγμα n (tyrópigma, “curd”)
  • τυρόπιτα f (tyrópita, “cheese pie”)
  • τυρόφιλος m (tyrófilos, “cheese-lover”)
  • Κυριακή της Τυροφάγου f (Kyriakí tis Tyrofágou, “Sunday before Lent”)

Further reading
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