Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βέφυρα ‎(béphura) (Boeotian)
• δέφυρα ‎(déphura) (Cretan)
• δίφουρα ‎(díphoura) (Laconian)

Noun

γέφυρα • ‎(géphura) f ‎(genitive γεφύρας); first declension

1. dam, dyke
2. battlefield
3. bridge

Inflection

References

• γέφυρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γέφυρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γέφυρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «γέφυρα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «γέφυρα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• «γέφυρα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• γέφυρα in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bridge idem, page 98.
  • pontoon idem, page 626.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γέφυρα ‎(géphura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝefira/
• Hyphenation: γέ‧φυ‧ρα

Noun

γέφυρα • ‎(géfyra) f ‎(plural γέφυρες)

1. bridge (construction that spans a divide)
2. (dentistry) bridge
3. (nautical) bridge
4. (anatomy) pons

Declension

Derived terms

• γεφυράκι n ‎(gefyráki, “footbridge”)
• γεφυρώνω ‎(gefyróno, “to bridge”)
• γεφύρωση f ‎(gefýrosi, “bridging”)
• γεφυροποιός m ‎(gefyropoiós, “bridge builder”)

See also

• σήραγγα f ‎(síranga, “tunnel”)
• τούνελ n ‎(toúnel, “tunnel”)

External links

• γέφυρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el