"Koine" meaning in English

See Koine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kɔɪˈneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪniː/
enPR: koiˈnā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κοινή (Koinḗ), from ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos, “the common dialect”), from κοινός (koinós, “shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|Κοινή}} Ancient Greek Κοινή (Koinḗ), {{m|grc||ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος|the common dialect}} ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos, “the common dialect”), {{m|grc|κοινός||shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual}} κοινός (koinós, “shared, common, public, general, ordinary, usual”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Koine
  1. The “common” Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek. Wikipedia link: Koine Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Languages Synonyms: Hellenistic Koine, Hellenistic Greek, Koiné Coordinate_terms: Ancient Greek, Classical Greek, Demotic Greek, Katharevousa, Modern Greek Translations (common Greek language): Κοινή (Koinḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), կոյնե (koyne) (Armenian), koiné [feminine] (Catalan), grec koiné [masculine] (Catalan), koiné [neuter] (Czech), koine (Danish), Koinè [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kojneo (Esperanto), koinee (Estonian), koinee (Finnish), koinè [feminine] (French), Koine [feminine] (German), Ελληνιστική Κοινή (Ellinistikí Koiní) [feminine] (Greek), koiné (Hungarian), koinè [feminine] (Italian), コイネー (Koinē) (Japanese), 코이네 그리스어 (Koine Geuriseueo) (Korean), 공통 그리스어 (gongtong Geuriseueo) (Korean), ⵜⴰⴽⵓⵢⵏⵉⵜ (takuynit) [feminine] (Moroccan Amazigh), koiné [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), koiné [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), یونانی کوینه (Yūnānī-ye Koyne) [singular] (Persian), coiné [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), koiné [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), koine [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), koine [feminine] (Romanian), койне́ (kojné) [neuter] (Russian), коине̑ [Cyrillic, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), koinȇ [Roman, feminine, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), koiné [feminine] (Spanish), coiné [feminine] (Spanish), koine [common-gender] (Swedish)

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        "masculine"
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      "word": "koinȇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "common Greek language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koiné"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "common Greek language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coiné"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "common Greek language",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Koine"
}

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