koiné

See also: koine, Koine, and koinè

English

Noun

koiné (plural koinés)

  1. Alternative spelling of koine

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

koiné f (plural koinés)

  1. koine (a lingua franca)

Noun

koiné f (uncountable)

  1. Koine (language)

Synonyms

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ), feminine form of κοινός (koinós, common, general).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɪnɛː]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧i‧né

Noun

koiné f (indeclinable)

  1. (historical) Koine (common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire, and the early Byzantine Empire)
    Coordinate terms: novořečtina, starořečtina

Further reading

  • koiné in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • koiné in Internetová jazyková příručka

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

koiné f or m (plural koinés)

  1. (linguistics) koine (regional language that becomes standard over time)
  2. (uncountable) Koine (the common Greek language during late antiquity)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ), feminine form of κοινός (koinós, common, general).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koiˈne/ [koi̯ˈne]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: koi‧né

Noun

koiné f (plural koinés)

  1. koine (form of language resulting from dialect-levelling)
  2. Koine (variety of the Greek language used in the Hellenistic period)

Further reading

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