βουνό (vounó)
English: mountain
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Linguistic Information
Word Typenoun
Genderneuter
Casenominative
NumberSingular
About βουνό
As a noun, βουνό is of the neuter gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: βου‧νό
Definitions & Examples
- noun:mountainExamples:
- Το όρος Έβερεστ είναι το ψηλότερο βουνό της οροσειράς των Ιμαλαΐων.To óros Éverest eínai to psilótero vounó tis oroseirás ton Imalaḯon.
- Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the Himalayan massif.
- noun:mountainous countryside
- noun:(figuratively) heavy workload, mountain of work
Declension Table
neuter noun
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βουνό | βουνά |
| genitive | βουνού | βουνών |
| accusative | βουνό | βουνά |
| vocative | βουνό | βουνά |
Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how βουνό appears in different grammatical contexts.