greek

«greek» in Mova's school dictionary: from or about Greece, a country in southern Europe — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Greek); noun (a Greek, Greeks; Greek — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) Greek means from or about Greece, a country in southern Europe. tree →

2) A Greek is a person from Greece. tree →

3) Greek is the language spoken in Greece; it has its own alphabet (alpha, beta, gamma…). tree →

4) The ancient Greeks lived in Greece long ago and gave the world many ideas in maths, science, theatre and sport. tree →

5) (idiom) «It's all Greek to me» means «I can't understand it at all». tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, the ancient Greeks gave us the Olympic Games, democracy and famous mathematicians like Pythagoras. In maths, Greek letters like π (pi) are used. Many English words come from Greek: telephone, geography. Phrases: ancient Greek, Greek myths, It's all Greek to me.

examples

• The ancient Greeks held the first Olympic Games. tree →
• My friend's family is Greek and speaks Greek at home. tree →
• We read Greek myths about Zeus and Hercules. tree →
• The Greek letter π is used for circles in maths. tree →
• «Geography» comes from Greek words meaning «earth writing». tree →
• This instruction book is all Greek to me! tree →
• We had Greek salad with feta cheese. tree →
• There are a few Greek words in this text. tree →

note

Always a capital G: Greek. The country is Greece (double e, ending «-ce»); the people and language are Greek. In maths, π (pi) ≈ 3.14 is a Greek letter.

In the corpora

• Some people think the golden takin's shining coat inspired the Greek legend of the Golden Fleece.
• Many come from Latin, Greek or French, and grown-ups misspell them too.
• The Years 5–6 statutory list in England has about 100 words, many from Latin, Greek or French.
• The Earth is about 40,000 km around the equator, and the Greek scholar Eratosthenes estimated this size quite well around 240 BC.
• Greece is full of mountains and islands, so the Greeks lived in many separate city-states rather than one country.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «greek» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.