κοινολεξία

Greek

Etymology

From the Hellenistic verb Koine Greek κοινολεκτέω / κοινολεκτῶ (use the language of common life)[1] and -ία (suffix for feminine nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cinoleˈksi.a/
  • Hyphenation: κοι‧νο‧λε‧ξί‧α

Noun

κοινολεξία • (koinolexía) f (plural κοινολεξίες)

  1. saying common, trivial things

Declension

See also

  • κοινόλεκτος f (koinólektos, common standard language)
  • κοινολεκτώ (koinolektó, I say common, trivial things)

References

  1. κοινολεξία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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