GREEK


Meaning of GREEK in English

/ griːk; NAmE / noun

1.

[ C ] a person from modern or ancient Greece

2.

[ U ] the language of modern or ancient Greece

3.

[ C ] ( NAmE ) a member of a fraternity or a sorority at a college or university

IDIOMS

- it's all Greek to me

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English Grēcas the Greeks , from Latin Graeci (the name given by the Romans to the people who called themselves the Hellenes), from Greek Graikoi , which according to Aristotle was the prehistoric name of the Hellenes.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.