adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to such a language or its speakers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Pre-Greek substrate
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Pre-Greek
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Sound
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adj
Meaning 2
Alternative form of Pre-Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A hypothetical language (or languages) conjectured to have been spoken in prehistoric Greece before the arrival of Proto-Greek speakers, and used to explain the large number of non-Indo-European words found in Ancient Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Calque of German Vorgriechisch. By surface analysis, pre- + Greek.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: esikreikkalainen — relating to this substrate
- German: vorgriechisch — relating to this substrate
- Greek: προελληνικός (proellinikós) — relating to this substrate
- Italian: pregreco — relating to this substrate
- Italian: preellenico — relating to this substrate
- Polish: substrat przedgrecki — relating to this substrate