συμβολικός

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós) with semantic loan from French symbolique.[1] By surface analysis, σύμβολο (sýmvolo) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siɱ.vo.liˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: συμ‧βο‧λι‧κός

Adjective

συμβολικός • (symvolikós) m (feminine συμβολική, neuter συμβολικό)

  1. symbolic (pertaining to a symbol)
  2. symbolic (implicitly representing or referring to another thing)

Declension

References

  1. συμβολικός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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