φίλντισι
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل دیشی (fildişi, literally “elephant tooth”), composed of the elements فیل (fil, “elephant”) + دیش (diş, “tooth”) + ـی (-i).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfil.di.si/
- Hyphenation: φίλ‧ντι‧σι
Declension
declension of φίλντισι
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | φίλντισι • | (φίλντισια •) | |
| genitive | φιλντισιού • | (φιλντισιών •) | |
| accusative | φίλντισι • | (φίλντισια •) | |
| vocative | φίλντισι • | (φίλντισια •) | |
| Plural forms are rare, colloquial. | |||
Synonyms
- ελεφαντόδοντο n (elefantódonto)
- ελεφαντοστό n (elefantostó)
Derived terms
- φιλντισένιος (filntisénios)
Further reading
- φίλντισι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Ελεφαντόδοντο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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