συμβολικός

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek συμβολικός (sumbolikós) with semantic loan from French symbolique.[1] By surface analysis, σύμβολο (sýmvolo) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siɱ.vo.liˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: συμ‧βο‧λι‧κός

Adjective

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συμβολικός (symvolikósm (feminine συμβολική, neuter συμβολικό)

  1. symbolic (pertaining to a symbol)
  2. symbolic (implicitly representing or referring to another thing)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ συμβολικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language