grec

Alternative forms

• grecu
• gãrcu

Etymology

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

Adjective

grec m (feminine greacã) (masculine plural grets/gretsã, feminine plural greatsi/greatse)

1. Greek

Noun

grec m (feminine greacã) (plural grets/gretsã)

1. a Greek (man), a Hellene

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan grèc), from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾek/

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)

Noun

grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega)

1. Greek (an inhabitant of Greece)

Proper noun

grec m

1. Greek (language)

Etymology

From Middle French grec, borrowed from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Supplanted the Old French popular/inherited forms gri(e)u, grezois, griois, cf. the now obsolete grégeois (as in feu grégeois), with the ending -ois, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *graeciscus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɛk/

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Noun

grec m (uncountable)

1. the Greek language
2. (by ellipsis) the Ancient Greek language

Adjective

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

1. Greek

See also

• Grèce

Further reading

• “grec” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

grec (not comparable)

1. Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

1. Ancient Greek language

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrek/

Adjective

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

1. Greek

Noun

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

1. Greek man