καλούπι

Greek

Etymology

An αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”):[1][2] Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالب (kalıb, kalıp), from Arabic قَالِب (qālib), from Koine Greek καλάπους (kalápous), for which also see καλαπόδι (kalapódi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈlu.pi/
  • Hyphenation: κα‧λού‧πι

Noun

καλούπι • (kaloúpi) n (plural καλούπια)

  1. mould (UK), mold (US) (anything in/around which something is formed/shaped)
  2. (construction) shuttering, formwork

Declension
declension of καλούπι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative καλούπι • καλούπια •
genitive καλουπιού • καλουπιών •
accusative καλούπι • καλούπια •
vocative καλούπι • καλούπια •

Synonyms
  • καλουπάκι n (kaloupáki, diminutive form)
  • καλουπώνω (kaloupóno, “to construct formwork”)

References
  1. καλούπι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. καλούπι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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