ανοιξιάτικα
Greek
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inflectional form of an adjective.
Adjective
ανοιξιάτικα • (anoixiátika)
- Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter plural form of ανοιξιάτικος (anoixiátikos).
Etymology 2
άνοιξ(η) (“winter”) + -ιάτικα.[1]
Adverb
ανοιξιάτικα • (anoixiátika)
- (colloquial, sometimes humorous or derogatory) in the springtime, in the spring (usually with reference to something not appropriate or usual for the season)
- χιόνισε ανοιξιάτικα ― chiónise anoixiátika ― it snowed in springtime
Coordinate terms
- φθινοπωριάτικα (fthinoporiátika, “in autumn, fall”)
- χειμωνιάτικα (cheimoniátika, “in winter”)
- καλοκαιριάτικα (kalokairiátika, “in winter”)
References
- ^ ανοιξιάτικα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
For negative sense of the adverb see "-ιάτικος", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language