μετάλλιο

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Italian medaglia f (medal), treated as a neuter noun by folk-etymological association with Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈta.li.o/
  • Hyphenation: με‧τάλ‧λι‧ο

Noun

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μετάλλιο (metállion (feminine μετάλλια)

  1. medal

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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