τύπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τῠ́πτω (túptō, I poke, beat).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τῠ́πος (túpos) m (genitive τῠ́που); second declension

  1. A blow, pressing
  2. The results of a blow: mark, impression
  3. mark, figure, image, outline
  4. General character of a thing: sort, type
  5. text, content
  6. pattern, example, model
  7. summoning

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos). The colloquial meaning of "guy, chap" is a semantic loan from French type.

Noun

τύπος (týpos) m (plural τύποι)

  1. sort, type
  2. the press, the newspapers collectively
  3. formality
  4. (colloquial) a man, a guy, a chap
  5. (chemistry, mathematics) formula

Declension

Derived terms

  • ανάτυπο n (anátypo, offprint)
  • έκτυπος (éktypos, embossed)
  • τυπικός (typikós, formal)
  • τυπολάτρης m (typolátris, formalist, ritualist)
  • τυπώνω (typóno, to print)
  • συνέντευξη τύπου f (synéntefxi týpou, press conference)

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