ROMAIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Romaic mean? 

• ROMAIC (noun)
  The noun ROMAIC has 1 sense:

1. the modern Greek vernacular

  Familiarity information: ROMAIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ROMAIC (adjective)
  The adjective ROMAIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language

  Familiarity information: ROMAIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMAIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The modern Greek vernacular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Demotic; Romaic

Hypernyms ("Romaic" is a kind of...):

Modern Greek; New Greek (the Greek language as spoken and written today)

Derivation:

romaic (relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language)

• ROMAIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Greece (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Derivation:

Romaic (the modern Greek vernacular)