koryfé
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French coryphée, from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos), from κορῠφή (korŭphḗ).
Noun
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- (historical) coryphée (orchestra conductor in Ancient Greek drama)
- (figurative) coryphée (leader)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | koryfé | koryfés |
| definite | koryfén | koryféns | |
| plural | indefinite | koryféer | koryféers |
| definite | koryféerna | koryféernas |
References
[edit]- “koryfé”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “koryfé”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “koryfé”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Categories:
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with É
- Swedish terms spelled with ◌́
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with historical senses
- sv:Ancient Greece