GREEK


Meaning of GREEK in English

I. Greek 1 /ɡriːk/ BrE AmE adjective

relating to Greece, its people, or its language:

Greek yoghurt

II. Greek 2 BrE AmE noun

[ Date: 800-900 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: Graecus , from Greek Graikos ]

1 . [countable] someone from Greece

2 . [uncountable] the language used in modern or ancient Greece

3 . [countable] American English a member of a ↑ sorority or ↑ fraternity at an American college or university

4 . it’s all Greek to me informal used to say that you cannot understand something

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.