τάση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΤΑΣΗ τά(σις) (tá(sis), “stretching, tension”) + -ση (-si)Category:Greek terms suffixed with -ση#ΤΑΣΗ. The sense ‘voltage, potential difference’ is a semantic loan from FrenchCategory:Greek semantic loans from French#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek terms derived from French#ΤΑΣΗ tension.[1] See τείνω (teíno).

Pronunciation

Noun

τάση • (tási) f (plural τάσεις)Category:Greek lemmas#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek nouns#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Greek feminine nouns#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Pages with entries#ΤΑΣΗCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΤΑΣΗ

  1. (electricityCategory:el:Electricity#ΤΑΣΗ, physicsCategory:el:Physics#ΤΑΣΗ) voltage, potential difference
    Synonym: διαφορά δυναμικού f (diaforá dynamikoú, “potential difference”)
  2. tension, stretching
  3. trend, inclination, tendency

Declension

Declension of τάση
singular plural
nominative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)
genitive τάσης (tásis) τάσεων (táseon)
accusative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)
vocative τάση (tási) τάσεις (táseis)

Also, older or formal genitive singular: τάσεως (táseos)

Category:Greek nouns declining like 'πόλη'

Compounds:

See also

References

  1. ↑ τάση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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