ευκολία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐκολία (eukolía, “disposition, ease of movement”), with semantic loan from French facilité.[1] By surface analysis, εύκολος (éfkolos) +‎ -ία (-ía)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ef.koˈli.a/
  • Hyphenation: ευ‧κο‧λί‧α

Noun

ευκολία • (efkolía) f (plural ευκολίες)

  1. easiness
  2. ease, facility (ability, the means to do something; skill, talent)
  3. ease (freedom from worry, concern, embarrassment or awkwardness)
  4. convenience (the quality of being convenient)
  5. (in the plural) conveniences (any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item)

Declension
declension of ευκολία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ευκολία • ευκολίες •
genitive ευκολίας • ευκολιών •
accusative ευκολία • ευκολίες •
vocative ευκολία • ευκολίες •

Antonyms

References
  1. ευκολία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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