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Meaning of "Grecism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRECISM

Grecism  [ˈɡriːˌsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRECISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grecism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRECISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
classicism
ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
eroticism
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
fanaticism
fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm
historicism
hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm
lyricism
ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm
mosaicism
məʊˈzeɪɪˌsɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcism
ˈnɑːˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm
scholasticism
skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm
solipsism
ˈsɒlɪpˌsɪzəm
witticism
ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRECISM

Greats
greave
greaved
greaves
grebe
grece
Grecian
grecianise
grecianize
Grecize
Greco
Greco-Roman
grecque
gree
greebo
Greece

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRECISM

androdioecism
andromonoecism
athleticism
autecism
autoecism
dioecism
exorcism
exoticism
fascism
Graecism
gynodioecism
gynomonoecism
heteroecism
literary criticism
monoecism
racism
self-criticism
skepticism
solecism
synoecism

Synonyms and antonyms of Grecism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Grecism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRECISM

Find out the translation of Grecism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Grecism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Grecism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Grecism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Grecism
570 millions of speakers

English

Grecism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Grecism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Grecism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Grecism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Grecism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্রীক বিশেষত্বপূর্ণ চিন্তা বা কর্মপদ্ধতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Grecism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grecisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grecism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Grecism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Grecism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grecism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Grecism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Grecism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीकवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grecism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grecismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Grecism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Grecism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grecism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Grecism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Grecism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Grecism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Grecism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Grecism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRECISM»

The term «Grecism» is used very little and occupies the 190.995 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRECISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Grecism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRECISM»

Discover the use of Grecism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Grecism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews
Most North African Arabic and Berber dialects have since replaced this Grecism, which was unknown in Eastern Arabic, with new forms that never reached Spain. The Greek term was once known in Morocco, for example, Muhammad ibn ...
Paul Wexler, 2012
2
The Balkan Substratum of Yiddish: A Reassessment of the ...
The Grecism is, in fact, found in Balkan Slavic and Romance in a variety of forms and meanings, e.g. SC trop 'poetic genre', Arum frop,357 Rum tropos 'manner'; note also the use of derived MGk tropdrion in OSC trdparb(l4th c) 'church song, ...
Paul Wexler, 1992
3
Jewish and Non-Jewish Creators of "Jewish" Languages: With ...
Iserlin's Grecism seems to be unknown in any of the coterritorial or contiguous Slavic languages, e.g. USo swjatki, LSo swetki < native 'holy (days)'. At first glance, we might try to ascribe the term to coterritorial German dialects, but in the latter ...
Paul Wexler, 2006
4
Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics
Moreover, Iserlin 's spelling, following Hebrew etymological norms, shows that this writer did not regard the term as a Slavicism. In fact, the coterritorial West Slavic languages lack the Grecism. In the writings of Iserlin's student, Josef bar Most, ...
Paul Wexler, 1987
5
Principat
Of these, aura can be effectively discounted as a Grecism, since it had been frequent in poetry since Ennius and was not uncommon even in prose. Phoebus and chorus, both common in Augustan poetry, are only mild Grecisms. Ilithyia ( which ...
Hildegard Temporini, Wolfgang Haase, 1981
6
A grammar of the New Testament dialect
The Purists in general committed several errors in their efforts to establish the Grecism or classic purity of the New Testament. (a) They not unfrequently named that Grecism which is the common property of all cultivated languages, and so is  ...
Moses Stuart, 1838
7
Three Heirs to a Judeo-Latin Legacy: Judeo-Ibero-Romance, ...
Judezmo dialects the grecism aver in the meaning air, atmosphere, weather, wind ( < Gk aer 'air, mist'). The grecism also appears as (° )ave r in Judeo- Aramaic, Karaite and Yiddish. The European Jewish languages may all have inherited the ...
Paul Wexler, 1988
8
Ciris: A Poem Attributed to Vergil
... ocellus, aureolus, labellum; others seem a more independent exploitation of the colloquial tongue: paruulus, frigidulus, nutricula; see nn. ad loc. (b) Grecisms Grecism is a familiar item in Catullus' diction: Grecism of vocabulary, inflection or  ...
R. O. A. M. Lyne, Ciris, 2004
9
Q. Horatii Flacci opera. The works of Horace, with Engl. ...
Quae Viryinum barbara — "what barbarian virgin," a Grecism for quae virgo barbara. 7. Puer qnis ex aula=quis puer regim— 11 what royal page?" Cp. Livy, xlv. 6, and Daniel, L 3, 4. The term aula may refer to the royal court either of the ...
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Joseph Currie, 1860
10
History of Yiddish Studies: Papers from the Third Annual ...
... solid phonological grounds. To Wexler's readers, however, /katovas/ is a " Judeo-Italian or Balkan grecism" (Wexler 1987b: 138). In more fanciful mood, it is "a Yiddish Judeo-Grecism borrowed directly or through a Judeo-Slavic intermediary" ...
Dov-Ber Kerler, 1991

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRECISM»

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Firehouse Restaurant in Tarzana a hot spot for down-home Greek …
But despite the lack of theatrical Grecism, I had a perfectly good time at Firehouse. It's not a place you go to for a madcap party with more food ... «LA Daily News, Apr 15»

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