κουνέλι
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian coniglio (dialectal cunelo, plural cuneli). Hellenistic Koine noun κύνικλος m (kúniklos), (rare κόνικλος (kóniklos)). Also see Latin cunīculus.[1] Compare English cony.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
κουνέλι • (kounéli) n (plural κουνέλια)
Declension[edit]
declension of κουνέλι
Synonyms[edit]
- (obsolete) κόνικλος m (kóniklos) (found in compounds)
Derived terms[edit]
- κουνελάκι n (kouneláki, “baby rabbit, bunny”) (diminutive)
- κούνελος m (koúnelos)
- κουνέλα f (kounéla)
- το πνίγει το κουνέλι (to pnígei to kounéli, “has sexual intercourses”) (unexpected, showing surprise)
Related terms[edit]
- κονικλοτροφείο n (koniklotrofeío, “rabbit farm”)
- κονικλοτροφία f (koniklotrofía, “the breeding of rabbits”)
See also[edit]
- λαγός m (lagós, “hare”)
References[edit]
- ^ κουνέλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading[edit]
- κουνέλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el