katharevousa

Meaning of katharevousa

noun

a heavily archaized form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form which is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).

early 20th century: modern Greek, literally ‘purified’, feminine of kathareuōn, present participle of Greek kathareuein ‘be pure’, from katharos ‘pure’.

Information about katharevousa

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of katharevousa is: katharevousas.
  • Languages ​​in which katharevousa is used:

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Hyphenation of katharevousa

katharevousa

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 12 chars.
  • katharevousa is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with katharevousa

babirousa, babyrousa, Sousa, sousa, Katharevousa

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