ποντίκι
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See also: ποντικί
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Byzantine Greek ποντίκιν (pontíkin), ποντίκιον (pontíkion), diminutives of ποντικός (pontikós), from the Ancient Greek Ποντικός μῦς (Pontikós mûs, “a kind of weasel”), that is a μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) from Pontus; Ποντικός (Pontikós, “Pontic”). The computing term is a semantic loan from English mouse.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ponˈdi.ci/ compare with: ποντικί (pontikí, “the colour of a mouse”)
- Hyphenation: πο‧ντί‧κι
Noun[edit]
ποντίκι • (pontíki) n (plural ποντίκια)
- mouse (rodent)
- strong muscles, especially biceps
- (cooking) meat from the lower part of the leg of a calf
- (computing) mouse
- (military slang) recruit, newbie
Declension[edit]
Declension of ποντίκι
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- ποντικάκι n (pontikáki) (diminutive)
- ποντίκαρος m (pontíkaros) (augmentative)
- πόντικας m (póntikas) (augmentative)
- ποντικί n (pontikí, “gris souris”) (colour, informal)
- ποντίτζιν n (pontítzin) (dialectal, Cyprus)
- and see: ποντικός m (pontikós, “mouse”)
See also[edit]
- τρωκτικό n (troktikó, “rodent”)
- ποντικός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
Further reading[edit]
- “ποντίκι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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- el:Cooking
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- Greek military slang
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