grec

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)

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

Noun

grec m (plural grecs, feminine grega)

1. Greek (an inhabitant of Greece)

   Synonym: hel·lè

Noun

grec m (uncountable)

1. Greek (language)

Further reading

• “grec” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “grec”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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 is a remnant of an older spelling habit, which has occasionally survived after -e- (compare Mecque), possibly in order to avoid the grave accent (*grèque).

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

Adjective

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

1. Greek

See also

• Grèce
• i grec

Descendants

• → Lao: ເກຣັກ (kē rak)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: grecque

Further reading

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

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

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 and neuter plural grece)

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

Noun

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

1. Greek man (a person of Greek descent)