φθινόπωρο

Greek

Alternative forms
  • χινόπωρο (chinóporo) — literary, scholarly
  • φτινόπωρο (ftinóporo) — rare

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φθινόπωρον (phthinópōron),[1] from φθίνω (phthínō, “to lessen, to fall down, to wilt”) and ὀπώρ(α) f (opṓr(a), “last part of summer; fruit”) + -ον n (-on).[2] Doublet of φτινόπωρο (ftinóporo). Also see χινόπωρο (chinóporo).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fθiˈno.po.ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: φθι‧νό‧πω‧ρο

Noun

φθινόπωρο • (fthinóporo) n (plural φθινόπωρα)

  1. autumn (UK & US), fall (US) (third of the four seasons, between summer and winter)
  2. (figuratively) autumn (time period when someone or something is past its prime)
    Ο παππούς βρίσκεται στο φθινόπωρο της ζωής του.
    O pappoús vrísketai sto fthinóporo tis zoḯs tou.
    Grandad is in the autumn of his life.

Declension
declension of φθινόπωρο
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φθινόπωρο • φθινόπωρα •
genitive φθινοπώρου •,  φθινόπωρου • φθινοπώρων •
accusative φθινόπωρο • φθινόπωρα •
vocative φθινόπωρο • φθινόπωρα •

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

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