χιόνι
Greek
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Byzantine Greek χιόνι (khióni), from Koine Greek χιόνιον (khiónion), diminutive of Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”),[1] from Proto-Hellenic *kʰiṓn, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm. Compare Mariupol Greek шон (šon).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈço.ni/
 - Hyphenation: χιό‧νι
 
Declension
    
Related terms
    
- αχιόνιστος (achiónistos)
 - χιονάτος (chionátos)
 - χιονίστρα f (chionístra)
 - χιονιάς m (chioniás)
 - χιονο- (chiono-), χιον- for example:
- χιονάνθρωπος m (chionánthropos, “snowman”)
 - χιονοθύελλα f (chionothýella, “blizzard”)
 - χιονόμπαλα f (chionómpala, “snowball”)
 - χιονονιφάδα f (chiononifáda, “snowflake”)
 - χιονοστιβάδα f (chionostiváda, “avalanche”)
 
 
See also
    
- πάγος (págos, “ice”)
 
References
    
- χιόνι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
 
Further reading
    
 χιόνι on the Greek  Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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