"κοινωνία" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ki.noˈni.a/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινωνίᾱ (koinōníā), from κοινωνός (koinōnós) + -ία (-ía), from κοινός (koinós, “common, shared, public”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|el|grc|κοινωνίᾱ}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινωνίᾱ (koinōníā), {{af|grc|κοινωνός|-ία|nocat=1}} κοινωνός (koinōnós) + -ία (-ía) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|κοινωνίες|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} κοινωνία • (koinonía) f (plural κοινωνίες), {{el-noun|f|κοινωνίες}} κοινωνία • (koinonía) f (plural κοινωνίες) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|κοινωνία|κοινωνίες|κοινωνίας|κοινωνιών|κοινωνία|κοινωνίες|κοινωνία|κοινωνίες|note=}} Forms: koinonía [romanization], κοινωνίες [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], κοινωνία [nominative, singular], κοινωνίες [nominative, plural], κοινωνίας [genitive, singular], κοινωνιών [genitive, plural], κοινωνία [accusative, singular], κοινωνίες [accusative, plural], κοινωνία [singular, vocative], κοινωνίες [plural, vocative]
  1. community
    Sense id: en-κοινωνία-el-noun-81TumeK8 Categories (other): Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 30 36 34
  2. society, communion (a group of people with a shared culture)
    Sense id: en-κοινωνία-el-noun-Q~F5-xXY Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 8 25 8 13 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 8 25 8 13 27 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 42 51 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 30 36 34
  3. (Christianity) communion
    Sense id: en-κοινωνία-el-noun-ul8iJK6y Categories (other): Christianity, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία' Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 8 25 8 13 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 8 25 8 13 27 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 42 51 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία': 30 36 34 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Θεία Κοινωνία (Theía Koinonía) (english: Holy Communion) Related terms: κοινωνώ (koinonó) (english: to take communion, to give communion), κοινωνιολογία (koinoniología) (english: sociology)

Inflected forms

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