οικογένεια (ikogénia)

English: family

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Linguistic Information

Word Typenoun
Genderfeminine
Casenominative
NumberSingular

About οικογένεια

As a noun, οικογένεια is of the feminine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.

Pronunciation

IPA: i.koˈʝe.ni.a
Hyphenation: οι‧κο‧γέ‧νει‧α

Definitions & Examples

  • noun:
    family
  • noun:
    (biology, taxonomy) family
  • noun:
    household
  • noun:
    kin

Declension Table

feminine noun

CaseSingularPlural
nominativeοικογένειαοικογένειες
genitiveοικογένειαςοικογενειών
accusativeοικογένειαοικογένειες
vocativeοικογένειαοικογένειες

Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how οικογένεια appears in different grammatical contexts.

Related Words

Derived Terms

  • υποοικογένεια (ypooikogéneia)"Grek"