μαόνι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from French mahagoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈo.ni/
• Hyphenation: μα‧ό‧νι

Noun

μαόνι • (maóni) n (plural μαόνια)

1. mahogany (red-brown wood of the tree genus Swietenia)
2. (by extension) mahogany furniture or fittings

   Η κρεβατοκάμαρα της ήταν όλο μαόνι.

   I krevatokámara tis ítan ólo maóni.

   Her bedroom was all in mahogany.

Declension

Declension of μαόνι

	singular	plural
nominative	μαόνι (maóni)	μαόνια (maónia)
genitive	μαονιού (maonioú)	μαονιών (maonión)
accusative	μαόνι (maóni)	μαόνια (maónia)
vocative	μαόνι (maóni)	μαόνια (maónia)

Usually in the singular.

Further reading

• μαόνι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• μαόνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language