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Hellenic

/həˈlɛnɪk/

Hellenic adjective: of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.

Adjective

Hellenic (comparative more Hellenic, superlative most Hellenic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
  2. Of or pertaining to Hellas (Greece) or the Hellenes (Greeks).
  3. (not comparable) Of or derived from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Hellenic

  1. The Greek language and its dialects from the earliest records (Linear B inscriptions, about 1600-1300 B.C.E.) to the present Modern Greek.

Hellenic meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Persian

Hellenic in Tamil

கிரேக்க

Hellenic in Urdu

یونانی

Hellenic in Bengali

of or relating to Hellas or the Hellenes
হেলেনী heleni
of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization
হেলেনী heleni
language
হেলেনী ভাষা heleni bhaśa

Hellenic in Persian

of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization
هلنی heleni

Synonyms of Hellenic

Forms of Hellenic

comparativemore Hellenic
superlativemost Hellenic

Origin of Hellenic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνικός (Hellēnikós, “of or pertaining to Greece or Greeks”), from Ancient Greek Ἑλλάς (Hellás, “Greece”). By surface analysis, Hellen + -ic. First attested in c. 1640.

Words formed from Hellenic

Words that rhyme with Hellenic

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Questions about Hellenic

What does Hellenic mean?
Hellenic means of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.
What is Hellenic in Tamil?
Hellenic in Tamil is கிரேக்க. See Hellenic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Hellenic?
Hellenic can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hellenic?
Hellenic is pronounced /həˈlɛnɪk/.

Words near Hellenic in the dictionary

  1. Hellene
  2. Hellenes
  3. Hellenga
  4. Hellenian
  5. Hellenians
  6. Hellenic
  7. Hellenic Republic
  8. Hellenical
  9. Hellenically
  10. Hellenicism
  11. Hellenicisms

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hellenic (page history and authors); hellenic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hellenic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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