What does Greek mean?
Definitions for Greek
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Princeton's WordNet
Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language(noun)
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Greek, Hellene(adj)
a native or inhabitant of Greece
Greek, Grecian, Hellenic(adj)
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
"Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe"
Wiktionary
Greek(Noun)
An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(Noun)
A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)
"Was Joe a Greek in college?"
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(Noun)
Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(Adjective)
Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(Adjective)
unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(ProperNoun)
The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Greek(ProperNoun)
The writing system used in Greek language.
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
greek(Noun)
Nonsense writing or talk; gibberish
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
greek(Noun)
Anal sex.
"Was Joe a Greek in college?"
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
greek(Verb)
to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
greek(Verb)
to fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content
Etymology: From graecus, from Γραικός (a son of Thessalos, the king of Phthia), whom Ἑλλάς, and Ἕλληνες, were also named after; see also Ἕλλην and Hellen.
Webster Dictionary
Greek(adj)
of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian
Etymology: [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.]
Greek(noun)
a native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece
Etymology: [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.]
Greek(noun)
a swindler; a knave; a cheat
Etymology: [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.]
Greek(noun)
something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me
Etymology: [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Greek
grēk, adj. Grecian.—n. a Grecian: the language of Greece: (B.) a Greek by race, or more frequently a Gentile as opposed to a Jew, a Hellenising Jew, a Jew naturalised in foreign countries: a cunning rogue, a merry fellow: any language of which one is ignorant, jargon, anything unintelligible.—adj. Greek′ish.—Greek architecture, the orders developed in ancient Greece (Corinthian, Doric, Ionic); Greek Church, the church of those Christians who follow the ancient rite of the East and accept the first seven councils, rejecting all later innovations and papal supremacy—it is called Orthodox by reason of its vindications of dogma, and Eastern from its geographical distribution; Greek cross (see Cross); Greek fire, a composition, burning either in or under water, supposed to have been made of asphalt, nitre, and sulphur, long kept secret by the Greeks of the Byzantine empire for their exclusive use in war; Greek gift, a treacherous gift (from Virgil's Æneid, ii. 49).—At the Greek calends, never, the Greeks having no calends.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Greek
or Eastern Church, that section of the Church which formerly separated from the Roman or Western in 1054, which assumed an independent existence on account of the arrogant claims of the latter, and which acknowledges the authority of only the first seven general councils; they dissent from the filioque doctrine (q. v.), administer the Eucharist in both kinds to the laity, and are zealously conservative of the orthodoxy of the Church.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Greek' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3300
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Greek' in Nouns Frequency: #2218
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Greek' in Adjectives Frequency: #458
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Greek in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Greek in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Greek in a Sentence
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:
Of course, after the experience of the last years and months there is no guarantee that everything will work and it is permissible to have doubts, but in view of the fact that the Greek parliament has already passed a large part of the measures it would be irresponsible to not use the opportunity for a new start in Greece.
We want to help the Greek economy for the entire period.
Lazard advised on the Greek PSI [private sector involvement] so there is some continuity of approach. That said I'd expect them to amend their approach to reflect the objectives of the new Greek government, from their work in 2012 they will know the people involved there and at the euro zone working group and ECB (European Central Bank).
I've just come from a meeting of the International Monetary Fund. There, the consensus is increasingly that a Greek default would be systemically controllable.
The basic goal is continuity so that precious time is not wasted. There has to be progress on the issue of reinforcing the Greek banking system as quickly as possible.
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