κατάρρευση

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek κατάρρευσις (katárrheusis, downflow) with -ση (-si) suffix and adaptation to the modern meaning of καταρρέω (katarréo, to collapse).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈta.ɾef.si/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧τάρ‧ρευ‧ση

Noun

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κατάρρευση (katárrefsif (plural καταρρεύσεις)

  1. collapse

Declension

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References

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

Further reading

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