Modern Greek

Definition: Modern Greek

Modern Greek

Noun

1. The Greek language as spoken and written today.

Crosswords: Modern Greek

English words defined with "Modern Greek": Corinth ♦ Demotic, Ditone, dual ♦ Exarch ♦ Katharevusa, Korinthos ♦ Liakoura ♦ Mount Parnassus ♦ Parnassus ♦ romaic ♦ transfer, transplant, transpose. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Modern Greek": Babel, tower of ♦ Coryphaeus ♦ Hungarian Notation ♦ micrometre ♦ Pithom. (references)

Etymologies containing "Modern Greek": sericeous. (references)

Specialty Definition: Modern Greek

Modern Greek is the present vernacular language of Greece, and is descended from Ancient Greek.

The modern language started taking form about 200-300 years ago when Greece was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

Modern Greek was divided into "Dhimotiki" ("demotic," "of the people", a term similar to "vernacular") and Katharevousa. Dhimotiki was the language of daily use, and the latter was an archaic form, used for official documents, literature, newscasting and other formal purposes. In the late twentieth century, it has been totally obsoleted and replaced by Dhimotiki.

Because of the long lasting domination under the Ottoman Empire, it's natural to assume that Modern Greek contains some vocabulary borrowed from Turkish. In later years, some French and Italian words were included.

A similar situation continues till now with English words, which in the last decades (like the borrowings from Turkish, Italian, and French), have been adapted to greek phonology and grammar. English loan words are found mainly in slang used by young people and in technical terminology.

Commercial Usage: Modern Greek

Domain	Title
Books	Charioteer: An Annual Review of Modern Greek Culture, 1985 (reference) The Charioteer: An Annual Review of Modern Greek Culture, 1986, No 28 (reference) From Egypt to Greece the African Origins of Ancient Greek Culture and Religion, and Modern Greek Fraternities, Sororities and Masonry (reference) Koine Greek (2 Volume Set: Modern Greek Pronunciation of the Complete Greek New Testament (reference) Modern Greek philosophers on the human soul : selections from the writings of seven representative thinkers of modern Greece : Benjamin of Lesvos, Vrailas-Armenis, Skaltsounis, St. Nectarios, Louvaris, Kontoglou, and Theodorakopoulos : on the nature and i (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Modern Greek

Non-Fiction Usage: Modern Greek

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Greece	The Greek language dates back at least 3,500 years, and modern Greek preserves many elements of its classical predecessor. (references)
	Greece	The development of the modern Greek economy began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the adoption of social and industrial legislation and protective tariffs and the creation of the first industrial enterprises. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translations: Modern Greek

Language		Translations for "Modern Greek"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		Nieuwgrieks. (various references)

Esperanto		novgreka lingvo. (various references)

Finnish		uuskreikka. (various references)

Greek		νεοελληνικόσ. (various references)

Hungarian		újgörög (romaic). (various references)

Pig Latin		odernmay eekgray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Modern Greek

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	Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-g-k-m-n-o-r-r"
	-3 letters: demerger, moderner, mongered, remerged.
	-4 letters: demerge, emender, emerged, greened, greener, kerogen, moderne, reedmen, regreen, remerge, reneged, reneger.
	-5 letters: degerm, degree, dormer, droner, emerge, emerod, gender, genome, germen, keened, keener, kerned, kroner, meeker, mender, merged, merger, modern, monger, moreen, morgen, needer, normed, omened, redeem, redone, reeked, reeker, remend, render, renege, rodmen.
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Alternative Orthography: Modern Greek

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 64 65 72 6E 47 72 65 65 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101110 00100000 01000111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0064 0065 0072 006E 0047 0072 0065 0065 006B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Dutch	woordenboek, definitie, translatie	hollantilainen, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland
Esperanto		esperanton, εσπεράντο, eszperanto, eszperantó
Finnish	määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos	suomi, suomalainen, φινλανδικόσ, finn
Greek	λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση	kreikkalainen, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	Hongaarse, unkarilainen, Ούγγρος, magyar
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	anglan, englantia, englantilainen, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol

Modern Greek

Definition: Modern Greek

Modern Greek

Noun

Crosswords: Modern Greek

Specialty Definition: Modern Greek

Commercial Usage: Modern Greek

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Non-Fiction Usage: Modern Greek

Economic History

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Greece

Modern Translations: Modern Greek

Dutch

Esperanto

Finnish

Greek

Hungarian

Pig Latin

Anagrams: Modern Greek

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Alternative Orthography: Modern Greek

4D 6F 64 65 72 6E 47 72 65 65 6B

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Modern Greek

Definition: Modern Greek

Modern Greek

Noun

Crosswords: Modern Greek

Specialty Definition: Modern Greek

Commercial Usage: Modern Greek

Books

Image Slideshow: Modern Greek

Illustrations:Modern Greek

Non-Fiction Usage: Modern Greek

Modern Translations: Modern Greek

Dutch

Esperanto

Finnish

Greek

Hungarian

Pig Latin

Anagrams: Modern Greek

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Modern Greek

4D 6F 64 65 72 6E 47 72 65 65 6B

01001101 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101110 00100000 01000111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101011

&#77 &#111 &#100 &#101 &#114 &#110 &#32 &#71 &#114 &#101 &#101 &#107

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