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στροφή
turn (a bend or curve, as in a road) /stroˈfi/
nounB1#1626 most common
Also: curve/bend, stanza (in poetry or song), turning point/shift
Example sentences
Η στροφή είναι δεξιά.
The turn is on the right.
Πρόσεξε, έρχεται μια στροφή!
Watch out, a turn is coming!
Ο δρόμος για το χωριό έχει πολλές στροφές.
The road to the village has many turns.
Έκανε απότομη στροφή για να αποφύγει το ζώο.
He made a sharp turn to avoid the animal.
Η τρίτη στροφή του τραγουδιού είναι η αγαπημένη μου.
The third stanza of the song is my favorite.
Η ομιλία του σηματοδότησε μια στροφή στην πολιτική ρητορική της χώρας.
His speech marked a turn in the country's political rhetoric.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η στροφή | οι στροφές |
| Genitive | της στροφής | των στροφών |
| Accusative | τη στροφή | τις στροφές |
| Vocative | στροφή | στροφές |
Word family
στρέφωto turn
επιστροφήreturnκαταστροφήcatastrophe, disasterαποστροφήaversion, distaste
διαστροφήdistortion, perversion
Etymology
στροφή is built from the verb στρέφω, meaning 'to turn' or 'to twist', plus the noun-forming suffix -ή, which turns a verb into an abstract feminine noun. The result means literally 'a turning' or 'the act of turning'. The verb στρέφω itself has no secure origin outside Greek; some linguists treat it as a word inherited from a pre-Greek substrate language rather than from Indo-European. English keeps the root directly in words like 'strophe', 'apostrophe', and 'catastrophe'.
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