different between greek vs bouzouki

English

Etymology

Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

greek (plural greeks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)

1. (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
2. (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

Derived terms

• greeking (noun)

Related terms

• it's all Greek to me

Anagrams

• Gerke

English

Alternative forms

• bazouki, bousouki, buzuki

Etymology

From Greek ????????? (bouzoúki, “bouzouki”), from Turkish bozuk (“out of order, rotten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??zu?ki/, /bu??zu?ki/

Noun

bouzouki (plural bouzoukis)

1. A Greek long-necked plucked fretted lute having a sharp, metallic sound

Derived terms

• baby bouzouki
• bouzoukist
• Irish bouzouki

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

Further reading

• bouzouki on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Greek ????????? (bouzoúki), from Turkish bozuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.zu.ki/

Noun

bouzouki m (plural bouzoukis)

1. (music) bouzouki