τροχονόμος

Greek

Etymology

τροχ(ός) (troch(ós), “wheel”) as in τροχαία (trochaía) + -ο- (infix) +‎ -νόμος (-nómos, “of law”) in analogy to the word αστυνόμος (astynómos, “police officer”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾoxoˈnomos/
  • Hyphenation: τρο‧χο‧νό‧μος

Noun

τροχονόμος • (trochonómos) m or f (plural τροχονόμοι)

  1. traffic policeman/policewoman (police officer responsible for road traffic)

Declension
declension of τροχονόμος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τροχονόμος • τροχονόμοι •
genitive τροχονόμου • τροχονόμων •
accusative τροχονόμο • τροχονόμους •
vocative τροχονόμε • τροχονόμοι •
  • τροχαία f (trochaía, “traffic police”)

References
  1. τροχονόμος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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