MODERN GREEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Modern Greek mean? 

• MODERN GREEK (noun)
  The noun MODERN GREEK has 1 sense:

1. the Greek language as spoken and written today

  Familiarity information: MODERN GREEK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODERN GREEK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Greek language as spoken and written today

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Modern Greek; New Greek

Hypernyms ("Modern Greek" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellenic; Hellenic language (the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Modern Greek"):

Demotic; Romaic (the modern Greek vernacular)

Katharevusa (literary style of Modern Greek containing features borrowed from Koine)