grec

See also: Grec, grèc, Gréc, and grêc

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• gãrcu, grecu

Etymology

From Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). The variant form gãrcu may have been influenced by Albanian gërk, Proto-Slavic *grьkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrek/

Adjective

grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

Noun

grec m (feminine greacã or grache, plural gretsã or grets, feminine plural greatsi or greatse or gretsi)

1. a Greek (man), a Hellene (a person of Greek descent)

Derived terms

• gricami / gricame
• gãrtsescu

Related terms

• Gãrtsii
• gricuman
• grecafon

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan grec, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Compare Occitan grèc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɾek]

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Adjective

grec (feminine grega, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural gregues)

1. Greek (pertaining to the country of Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language)

   Synonym: hel·lè

Derived terms

• gregal
• i grega

Noun

grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega, feminine plural gregues)

1. Greek (an inhabitant of Greece)

   Synonym: hel·lè

Related terms

• Grècia (“Greece”)

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

1. Greek (language)

Derived terms

• grec antic (“Ancient Greek”)
• grec koiné (“Koine Greek”)
• grec medieval (“Medieval Greek”)
• grec modern (“Modern Greek”)

Further reading

• “grec”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “grec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “grec” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “grec” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

This learned form supplanted the older grégeois (now only in feu grégeois), from Old French grezois, derived from inherited Old French gri(e)u with the ending -ois, or possibly stemming from a Vulgar Latin *graeciscus.

The feminine form in -cque (instead of *grèque) reflects an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived (compare becquée, jacquet, socque).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛk/

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Noun

grec m (countable and uncountable, plural grecs)

1. the Greek language
   1. Ancient Greek

      Synonym: grec ancien

   2. Modern Greek

      Synonym: grec moderne

2. (slang) ellipsis of sandwich grec; kebab sandwich

Derived terms

• grec ancien
• grec moderne

Adjective

grec (feminine grecque, masculine plural grecs, feminine plural grecques)

1. Greek

Derived terms

• à la grecque
• i grec
• pied grec
• renvoyer aux calendes grecques

Descendants

• → Lao: ເກຣັກ (krek)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: grecque

See also

• Grèce
• i grec

Further reading

• “grec”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Adjective

grec (not comparable)

1. Greek

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

1. Ancient Greek language

Descendants

• French: grec
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: grecque

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrek/

Adjective

grec m or n (feminine singular greacă, masculine plural greci, feminine/neuter plural grece)

1. Greek (of or pertaining to Greeks, the Greek language or the Greek culture)

Usage notes

The feminine plural is rarely used.

Declension

Declension of grec

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	grec		greacă		greci	grece
	definite	grecul		greaca		grecii	grecele
genitive- dative	indefinite	grec		grece		greci	grece
	definite	grecului		grecei		grecilor	grecelor

Noun

grec m (plural greci, feminine equivalent grecoaică or greacă)

1. Greek man (a person of Greek descent)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	grec	grecul		greci	grecii
genitive-dative	grec	grecului		greci	grecilor
vocative	grecule			grecilor

Derived terms

• greacă
• grecesc
• grecoaică

Related terms

• Grecia