Greek
A person from Greece or of Greek descentA person from Greece or of Greek descent.
» That was all Greek to me.
Das waren böhmische Dörfer für mich.
Для меня это была китайская грамота.
Для мене це була китайська грамота.
Meaning
9 senses(countable)A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth.
Grieche, Griechin
грекgrek, греча́нкаgrečánka
грекhrek, греча́нкаhrečánka, греки́няhrekýnja
a native or inhabitant of Greece
(uncountable)Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
(colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
(colloquial, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable)Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.
(US, colloquial, countable, metonymically)A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.
Was Joe a Greek in college?
(slang, uncountable)Anal sex.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
(archaic, countable, slang)A cunning rogue.
(archaic, countable, slang)A merry fellow.
Examples
414 sentencesThat was all Greek to me.
Для мене це була китайська грамота.
ruДля меня это была китайская грамота.
deDas waren böhmische Dörfer für mich.
This word comes from Greek.
Це слово запозичене з грецької.
ruЭто слово пришло из греческого языка.
deDieses Wort stammt aus dem Griechischen.
It's all Greek to me.
Це для мене китайська грамота.
ruЭто для меня китайская грамота.
deIch verstehe nur Bahnhof.
This is all Greek to me.
ruВсё это для меня китайская грамота.
We studied Greek culture from various aspects.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West GermanicInherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii.
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Forms
plural: GreeksSynonyms
13 synonyms- the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages:HellenicHellenic language
- a native or inhabitant of Greece:Hellene
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable