τούβλο
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek τοῦβλον (toûblon), from Koine Greek τούβουλον (toúboulon), from Latin tubulus (“small tube”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuvlo/
- Hyphenation: τού‧βλο
Noun
τούβλο • (toúvlo) n (plural τούβλα)
- (architecture) brick (hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building)
- Προσπαθούσε να φτιάξει την ταράτσα και του έπεσε το τούβλο στο κεφάλι. ― Prospathoúse na ftiáxei tin tarátsa kai tou épese to toúvlo sto kefáli. ― He was trying to fix the roof and a brick fell on his head.
- (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) blockhead, dolt, dunce, ignoramus (stupid person)
- Άντε να βρεις άκρη μ' αυτό το τούβλο! ― Ánte na vreis ákri m' aftó to toúvlo! ― Good luck figuring anything out with that blockhead!
Declension
Derived terms
- τουβλάκι n (touvláki) (diminutive)
Synonyms
- (brick): πλίνθος m (plínthos), οπτόπλινθος m (optóplinthos) (rare)
- (blockhead, dolt): βλάκας m (vlákas), ηλίθιος m (ilíthios), χαζός m (chazós), κούτσουρο n (koútsouro), κουμπούρας m (koumpoúras)
See also
- χτίστης m (chtístis, “builder, bricklayer”)
- τοιχοποιία f (toichopoiía, “brickwork”)
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