Greek words for the geometric shapes. Many of the English words come from the Greek below.
Capital letters is where the word is emphasized (accented). See Accent for more
information.
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In phonetics where you see:
Capital letters is where the word is accented.
ee or i is pronounced as the ee in word beet.
e as the e in the word bet.
a as the a in the word father.
o as the o in the word only.
ou as the ou in the word Lou.
x as the x in the word fox.
th or th like the th in think.
th or th like the th in this.
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Where you see a " y " or a (red) " g " in the phonetics for that
word, that " g " is
pronounced like the y in yes, or
like the w in wad
Greek |
Audio |
Phonetics |
English |
(το) τετράγωνο |
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te-TRA-gono |
square |
(το) τρίγωνο |
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TRI-gono |
triangle |
(ο) κύκλος |
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KI-klos |
circle |
(το) παραλληλόγραμμο |
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parali-LO-gramo |
parallelogram |
(η) σφαίρα |
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SFE-ra |
sphere |
(ο) κώνος |
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KO-nos |
cone |
(το) ωοειδές
(το) οβάλ |
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ooi- THES
o- VAL |
oval |
(το) τραπέζιο |
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tra-PE-zio |
trapezium |
(το) εξάγωνο |
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e-KSA-gono |
hexagon |
(το) οκτάγωνο |
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o-KTA-gono |
octagon |
(η) πυραμίδα |
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pira-MI-tha |
pyramid |
All the above shapes are adjectives, except: ο κύκλος,
η σφαίρα, ο κώνος, η πυραμίδα (nouns). You can make the
above adjectives by adding after the consonant before the ending, the endings -ικός
(masculine), -ική (feminine), -ικό (neuter).
You can make "η πυραμίδα" an adjective by adding -οειδής
(masculine), -οειδές (feminine and neuter).
Example "το πυραμοειδές".
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