συνάδελφος

Greek

Alternative forms

  • συνάδερφος (synáderfos)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, member of a (military) company), from Ancient Greek συνάδελφος (sunádelphos, who has siblings), with semantic loan from French confrère.[1] By surface analysis, συν- (syn-) + αδελφός (adelfós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈna.del.fos/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧νά‧δελ‧φος

Noun

συνάδελφος • (synádelfos) m or f (plural συνάδελφοι, feminine συναδέλφισσα)

  1. colleague

Declension

References

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