επικοινωνία

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπικοινωνία (epikoinōnía, mutual relationship), with semantic loan from French communication.[1] The Ancient Greek word is from ἐπικοινωνός (epikoinōnós) +‎ -ία (-ía), from ἐπι- (epi-, on, upon) +‎ κοινωνός (koinōnós, companion, partner), from κοινός (koinós, common; shared).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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επικοινωνία (epikoinoníaf (plural επικοινωνίες)

  1. communication (between two people, machines, etc)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ επικοινωνία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ επικοινωνία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011