εμβολή

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμβολή (embolḗ) with semantic loan from French embolie, borrowed from the same etymon.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /em.voˈli/
  • Hyphenation: εμ‧βο‧λή

Noun

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εμβολή (emvolíf (plural εμβολές)

  1. (pathology) embolism (an obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus)
  2. (learnedly, nautical) ramming attack
    Synonym: ρεσάλτο n (resálto)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative εμβολή (emvolí) εμβολές (emvolés)
genitive εμβολής (emvolís) εμβολών (emvolón)
accusative εμβολή (emvolí) εμβολές (emvolés)
vocative εμβολή (emvolí) εμβολές (emvolés)

Derived terms

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References

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