καλούπι

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Greek

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Etymology

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An αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, repatriated loanword):[1][2] Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالب (kalıb, kalıp), from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), from Koine Greek καλάπους (kalápous), for which also see καλαπόδι (kalapódi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈlu.pi/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧λού‧πι

Noun

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καλούπι (kaloúpin (plural καλούπια)

  1. mould (UK), mold (US) (anything in/around which something is formed/shaped)
  2. (construction) shuttering, formwork

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ καλούπι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ καλούπι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre