English

Etymology

Dutch griek, from German Grieche , from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός

Pronunciation

• grēk, /ɡriːk/, /gri:k/

  Rhymes: -iːk

Proper noun

Greek, plural Greeks

1. Inhabitant of Greece, person of Greek descent
2. A language spoken primarily in Greece and Cyprus wich is spoken for more than 4000 years now. Probably the "mother" of ALL Indo-European languages, since a lot of its words are found in all of them. There are several dialects; Modern Greek is derived from Ancient Greek.
3. A member of a fraternity or sorority

   "Was Joe a Greek in college?"

Translations

Inhabitant of Greece, or descendant

• Bulgarian: грък m, гъркиня f, гърци m pl, гъркини f pl
• Catalan: grec m grega f
• Chinese, simplified: 希腊人 ( pinyin: Xīlà-rén ) ;
• Chinese, traditional: 希臘人 ( pinyin: Xīlà-rén )
• Danish: græker
• Dutch: Griek m, Griekse f
• Esperanto: greko
• Finnish: kreikkalainen
• French: grec m, grecque f
• German: Grieche m, Griechin f
• Greek: Έλληνας m (Éllinas), Ελληνίδα f (Ellinída)
• Hebrew: יווני (Ye'va'ni) m, יווניה (Ye'va'ni'a) f
• Hungarian: görög
• Indonesian: orang yunani
• Interlingua: greco m, greca f
• Italian: greco m, greca f
• Japanese: ギリシア人 (girishia-jin), ギリシャ人 (girisha-jin)
• Latin: Graeca f, Graecus m
• Polish: Grek m, Greczynka f
• Portuguese: grego m, grega f
• Romanian: grec m, grecoaică f, greci m pl, grecoaice f pl
• Slovak: Grék m, Grékyňa f
• Spanish: griego m, griega f
• Swedish: grek m, grekiska f
• Turkish: yunani

Language spoken in Greece

member of a fraternity or sorority

Adjective

Greek

1. of Greece, Greek people, or the Greek language
2. unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech

   It's all Greek to me.

Translations

• Bulgarian: гръцки (Gr'chki)
• Catalan: grec m grega f
• Dutch: Grieks , Griekse
• Esperanto: greka
• Finnish: kreikkalainen (1), hepreaa (2, partitive case)
• French: grec m, grecque f
• German: griechisch
• Greek: ελληνικός (ellinikós)
• Hungarian: görög
• Interlingua: grec , greco m, greca f
• Korean: 그리스의
• Latin: Graeca f, Graecus m, Graecum n
• Polish: grecki m, grecka f, greckie n
• Portuguese: grego m, grega f
• Romanian: grec , grecesc m, greacă , grecească f, greci , greceşti m pl, grece †, greceşti f pl
• Slovak: grécky m, grécka f, grécke n
• Spanish: Griego m, Griega f
• Swedish: grekisk
• Turkish: yunani

Synonyms

• Grecian
• Hellenic

Verb

greek (past and past participle: greeked )

1. to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read
2. to fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum ), so that form and not content can be focused on

Derived terms

• Ancient Greek
• Classical Greek
• El Greco
• Grecian
• Greco-Roman
• Greek alphabet
• Greek numbers
• Greek Orthodox
• The Greek System
• It's all Greek to me
• Koine Greek
• Modern Greek
• greeking

See also

• Dhimotiki
• Hellenic
• Hellenism
• Hellenistic
• Hellenize
• Katharevousa
• Wikipedia article on the Greek language
• Greek - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
• Koine