επιχείρηση

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιχείρησις (epikheírēsis, attempt, attack). For sense business, semantic loan from French entreprise. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /epiˈçirisi/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧χεί‧ρη‧ση

Noun

επιχείρηση (epicheírisi) f (plural επιχειρήσεις)

  1. operation, attempt, undertaking
    στρατιωτική επιχείρησηstratiotikí epicheírisimilitary operation
  2. business, firm, company

Declension

Derived terms

  • μικρομεσαία επιχείρηση (mikromesaía epicheírisi, Small and/to Medium-sized Enterprise) abbreviated: ΜΜΕ

References

  1. επιχείρηση in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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