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The Greek word for time is
χρόνος





time



Translations for time and their definitions

χρόνος
     1. n-m. (abstract) time (with no plural)
           Ο χρόνος φεύγει και δεν ξαναγυρνά. - Time passes and does not come back.
     2. n-m. year
           Χρόνια πολλά - Lit. "Many years", equivalent to "best wishes", a greeting said during holiday periods
     3. n-m.          (of age) see colloquial genitive χρονών
     4. n-m. (grammar) tense
     5. n-m. volume (issues of a periodical over a period of one year)


φορά
     1. n-f. time (instance or occurrence)
           την πρώτη φορά - the first time
     2. n-f. (mathematics) times
           πέντε φορές - five times
     3. n-f. speed, impetus


καιρός
     1. n-m. weather
           καιρού επιτρέποντος - weather permitting (formal expression)
     2. n-m. time, events
           από καιρό σε καιρό - from time to time



ώρα
     1. n-f. hour ((frac, 1, 24) of a day)
     2. n-f. time (A quantity of availability in time, time of day as indicated by a clock, some specific time, right time, time for something)
           Δεν είχα αρκετή ώρα. - I did not have enough time.
           Τι ώρα είναι; - What time is it?
           Είναι ώρα να φύγουμε. - It's time for us to leave.
           Είμαι στην ώρα μου. - I am on time.
           Τώρα from το ώρα. - Now.


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