Grecism
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːsɪzəm/
Noun
Grecism (countable and uncountable, plural Grecisms)
- A word or idiom of the Greek language used in another language, especially for literary effect.
- The style, spirit or other characteristics of Greek arts and culture, or an imitation of that style.
Alternative forms
- graecism
- Græcism (archaic)
Coordinate terms
- (foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism
Translations
word or idiom of the Greek language used in another language
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