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τέσσερα
four /ˈte.se.ra/
adjectiveA2#586 most common
Example sentences
Έχω τέσσερα μήλα.
I have four apples.
Το δωμάτιο έχει τέσσερα παράθυρα.
The room has four windows.
Στην οικογένειά μας είμαστε τέσσερα άτομα.
In our family, we are four people.
Χρειάζομαι τέσσερα αυγά για την τούρτα.
I need four eggs for the cake.
Ζήσαμε στο εξωτερικό για τέσσερα χρόνια.
We lived abroad for four years.
Το μωρό άρχισε να μπουσουλάει στα τέσσερα.
The baby started crawling on all fours.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | None | τέσσερα (neuter) / τέσσερις (m./f.) |
| Genitive | None | τεσσάρων |
| Accusative | None | τέσσερα (neuter) / τέσσερις (m./f.) |
| Vocative | None | τέσσερα (neuter) / τέσσερις (m./f.) |
Word family
τέσσεριςfour (masculine/feminine form)
τέταρτοςfourth
τετράγωνοsquare (four-sided shape)τετραπλόςquadruple, fourfold
τεσσαρακοστόςfortieth
Etymology
τέσσερα is the neuter form of the Ancient Greek numeral τέσσαρες/τέτταρες, meaning four. It goes back to the Proto-Indo-European word for four, which also gave rise to number words across most of the Indo-European family. The modern Greek forms τέσσερις (masculine and feminine) and τέσσερα (neuter) both descend directly from this ancient root with only minor sound changes.
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