νενέ

Greek

Etymology

From Turkish nine (“grandmother”)[1][2]

(but note that Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē, “grandmother”) is attested from the 1st century AD.)

Noun

νενέ • (nené) f

  1. (colloquial) grandmother

Declension
declension of νενέ
singular plural
nominative νενέ • νενέδες •
genitive νενές • νενέδων •
accusative νενέ • νενέδες •
vocative νενέ • νενέδες •

Synonyms

References
  1. Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
  2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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