βρόμη

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek βρόμη (brómē), from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “loud noise”), from βρέμω (brémō, “to crash, to bang”). Modern sense acquired due to the movement and sound of grain in the wind.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɾomi/
  • Hyphenation: βρό‧μη

Noun

βρόμη • (vrómi) f (uncountable)

  1. oat, oats (widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa)

Declension
  βρόμη
case     \     number singular
nominative βρόμη •
genitive βρόμης •
accusative βρόμη •
vocative βρόμη •
  • κουάκερ n (kouáker, “porridge”)
  • (etymologically): βρομάω (vromáo, “to smell, to stink”)
  • (etymologically): βρομιά f (vromiá, “dirt”)
  • (etymologically): βρομιάρης (vromiáris, “dirty, filthy”)
  • (etymologically): βρομίζω (vromízo, “to make dirty”)
  • (etymologically): βρόμικος (vrómikos, “dirty, filthy”)
  • (etymologically): βρόμιο n (vrómio, “bromine”)

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