ελληνικός — meaning in English

English meaning

• Greek adj Relating to Greece, its people, language, or culture.
• hellenic adj Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.

Senses

ελληνικός is used for these senses in English:

• Greek Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.
• Greek (countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
• Greek The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

Greek — full definition

1. adj Relating to Greece, its people, language, or culture.
2. name The language spoken in Greece, in either its ancient or modern form.
3. noun A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
4. noun (informal) Something completely incomprehensible, especially unfamiliar language or jargon.

hellenic — full definition

1. adj Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
2. adj Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
3. adj Of or derived from Ancient Greek.

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