γυαλί
Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos).
Noun
γυαλί • (gyalí) n (plural γυαλιά)
- glass (material)
- shard, glass fragment
- (colloquial, figuratively) television, the box
- (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
- (rare, figuratively) glass for wine
Declension
Synonyms
- ύαλος f (ýalos, “glass, glazing”)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- γυάλα f (gyála, “bowl, neonatal incubator”)
- γυαλάκιας m (gyalákias, “four-eyed”)
- γυαλιά n pl (gyaliá, “spectacles, glasses”)
- γυαλιά ηλίου n pl (gyaliá ilíou, “sunglasses”)
- γυάλινος (gyálinos, “glass, glazed”)
- γυαλίζω (gyalízo, “to polish”)
Further reading
- γυαλί in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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