πόλη
See also: Πόλη
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly,[1] from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoli/
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Noun
πόλη • (póli) f (plural πόλεις)
- town, city
- townspeople
Declension
declension of πόλη
| case \\ number | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | πόλη • | πόλεις • | |
| genitive | πόλης • | πόλεων • | |
| accusative | πόλη • | πόλεις • | |
| vocative | πόλη • | πόλεις • | |
| Also, older or formal genitive singlar: πόλεως • | |||
Synonyms
- πολιτεία n (politeía)
- άστυ n (ásty, “large city”)
Related terms
- αντιπολιτικός (antipolitikós, “unpolitical”, adjective)
- απολιτικός (apolitikós, “apolitical”, adjective)
- κωμόπολη f (komópoli, “small town”)
- πολιτεία f (politeía, “state”)
- πολίτευμα n (polítevma, “governance”)
- πολίτης m (polítis, “citizen”)
- πολιτική f (politikí, “politics, policy”)
- πολιτικός (politikós, “civil, political”, adjective)
- πολιτικός m or f (politikós, “politician”, noun)
- πολίτις f (polítis, “citizen”)
- πολιτισμός m (politismós, “culture, civilisation”)
- πολίχνη f (políchni, “township”)
- and see: αντιπολίτευση f (antipolítefsi, “political opposition”)
See also
- κώμη f (kómi, “market town”)
- χωριό n (chorió, “village, hometown”)
- πόλις f (pólis) (also in Katharevousa)
References
- πόλη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.