πείραμα

Greek

Etymology

Either inherited from Byzantine Greek or learned borrowing from Koine Greek πείραμα (peírama, “result of experience”), from Ancient Greek πειρῶμαι (peirômai) +‎ -μα (-ma) (see Ancient Greek πειρᾰ́ω (peiráō)), with semantic loan from English experiment.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɾa.ma/
  • Hyphenation: πεί‧ρα‧μα

Noun

πείραμα • (peírama) n (plural πειράματα)

  1. experiment (test under controlled conditions)

Declension
declension of πείραμα
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πείραμα • πειράματα •
genitive πειράματος • πειραμάτων •
accusative πείραμα • πειράματα •
vocative πείραμα • πειράματα •

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

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