ιστός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “mast, loom, web”). The biological sense is a semantic loan from French tissu.
Noun
ιστός • (istós) m (plural ιστοί)
- mast, spar on a ship
- (technology) aerial, antenna
- ιστός κεραίας ― istós keraías ― aerial mast
- flagpole
- loom, warp, woven fabric
- spiderweb, spider web
- web
- Παγκόσμιος Ιστός ― Pagkósmios Istós ― Worldwide Web
- (figuratively) structure (of novel, film script, etc)
- (anatomy, biology) tissue, bundle (grouping of similar cells)
- λιπώδης ιστός ― lipódis istós ― adipose tissue
Declension
Declension of ιστός
Synonyms
- (mast): κατάρτι n (katárti)
- (mast): άλμπουρο n (álmpouro)
- (aerial): κεραία f (keraía)
- (web): δίχτυ n (díchty)
- (warp): στημόνι n (stimóni)
Derived terms
- Παγκόσμιος Ιστός m (Pagkósmios Istós, “World Wide Web”)
Related terms
- ιστίο n (istío, “sail”)
- ιστιοδρομία m or f (istiodromía, “yacht racing”)
- ιστιοπλοΐα f (istioploḯa, “sailing”)
- ιστιοπλοϊκός (istioploïkós, “sailing”)
- ιστιοπλόος m or f (istioplóos, “yachtsman, yachtswoman”)
- ιστιοσανίδα f (istiosanída, “windsurfing”)
- ιστιοφόρο n (istiofóro, “sailing boat”)
Categories:
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek semantic loans from French
- Greek terms derived from French
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
- el:Technology
- Greek terms with usage examples
- el:Anatomy
- el:Biology
- Greek nouns declining like 'αδελφός'
- el:Ship parts
- el:Weaving