συνάδελφος

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Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, member of a (military) company), from Ancient Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, who has siblings), with semantic loan from French confrère.[1] By surface analysis, συν- (syn-) +‎ αδελφός (adelfós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈna.del.fos/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧νά‧δελ‧φος

Noun

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συνάδελφος (synádelfosm or f (plural συνάδελφοι, feminine συναδέλφισσα)

  1. colleague

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ συνάδελφος”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998