koiné
Spanish, noun/koiˈne/
koiné is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “koine (form of language resulting from dialect-levelling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante de la lengua griega, derivada del idioma ático, utilizada en el mundo helenístico como habla…”.
What does koiné mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekoine (form of language resulting from dialect-levelling)
- 2
feminineKoine (variety of the Greek language used in the Hellenistic period)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de la lengua griega, derivada del idioma ático, utilizada en el mundo helenístico como habla simplificada sin ambiciones literarias ni dialecto especial. 2. koiné egipcia, conocida gracias a los papiros de la Biblia de los Setenta. 3. koiné literaria, en escritores como Polibio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of koiné
- koinés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce koiné?
- /koiˈne/
- [koi̯ˈne]
- [kojˈne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to koiné
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is koiné in Spanish?
koiné appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).