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κολιέ
necklace /koˈlje/
nounB2#2418 most common
Example sentences
Το κολιέ είναι όμορφο.
The necklace is beautiful.
Φοράω ένα κολιέ.
I am wearing a necklace.
Η μαμά μου έχει ένα χρυσό κολιέ.
My mom has a gold necklace.
Της αγόρασε ένα κολιέ με μαργαριτάρια για τα γενέθλιά της.
He bought her a pearl necklace for her birthday.
Το κολιέ που φορούσε χθες το βράδυ τράβηξε τα βλέμματα όλων.
The necklace she wore last night caught everyone's attention.
Αν και το κολιέ ήταν απλό στο σχέδιό του, η αξία του έγκειτο στην ιστορία που κουβαλούσε από γενιά σε γενιά.
Although the necklace was simple in its design, its value lay in the history it carried from generation to generation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το κολιέ | τα κολιέ |
| Genitive | του κολιέ | των κολιέ |
| Accusative | το κολιέ | τα κολιέ |
| Vocative | κολιέ | κολιέ |
Word family
κολάροcollar (of a shirt or coat), a cousin borrowing from the same Latin root
περιδέραιοnecklace (formal, native Greek synonym)
μενταγιόνpendant, locket (another French loanword in the jewelry domain)Etymology
Κολιέ is a direct loanword from French collier, meaning necklace. The French word descends from Latin collare or collarium, an object worn around the collum, or neck. Greek borrowed the term whole during the modern period, along with much of its fashion and jewelry vocabulary from French.
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