μπουκάλι

Greek

Etymology

From Medieval Italian boccale (“jug, bottle”), or otherwise from Sicilian buccali (“jug, bottle”), from Latin baucalus, from Koine Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”); probably of Berber[1] or Egyptian origin.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buˈka.li/

Noun

μπουκάλι • (boukáli) n (plural μπουκάλια)

  1. bottle
    ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι κρασί
    éna potíri kai éna boukáli krasí
    a glass and a bottle of wine
    ένα ποτήρι και ένα μπουκάλι του κρασιού
    éna potíri kai éna boukáli tou krasioú
    a glass and a wine bottle
  2. the contents of a bottle
    Πόσα μπουκάλια μπίρα ήπιατε χθες;
    Pósa boukália bíra ípiate chthes?
    How many bottles of beer did you drink yesterday?

Declension
declension of μπουκάλι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μπουκάλι • μπουκάλια •
genitive μπουκαλιού • μπουκαλιών •
accusative μπουκάλι • μπουκάλια •
vocative μπουκάλι • μπουκάλια •

Synonyms

See also
  • μπιμπερό n (bimperó, “baby's bottle”)
  • φλασκί n (flaskí, “flask”)

References
  1. Varia Africana. (1918). United States: African Department of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, p. 303
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading
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