retsina
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from ρετσίνι (retsíni, “resin”), from Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “pine resin”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editretsina (countable and uncountable, plural retsinas)
- A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
- 1977, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker (lyrics and music), “Home at Last”, in Aja, performed by Steely Dan:
- She serves the smooth retsina / She keeps me safe and warm / It's just the calm before the storm
Derived terms
editTranslations
editGreek wine
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editretsina
Declension
editInflection of retsina (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | retsina | retsinat | |
genitive | retsinan | retsinoiden retsinoitten retsinojen | |
partitive | retsinaa | retsinoita retsinoja | |
illative | retsinaan | retsinoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | retsina | retsinat | |
accusative | nom. | retsina | retsinat |
gen. | retsinan | ||
genitive | retsinan | retsinoiden retsinoitten retsinojen retsinain rare | |
partitive | retsinaa | retsinoita retsinoja | |
inessive | retsinassa | retsinoissa | |
elative | retsinasta | retsinoista | |
illative | retsinaan | retsinoihin | |
adessive | retsinalla | retsinoilla | |
ablative | retsinalta | retsinoilta | |
allative | retsinalle | retsinoille | |
essive | retsinana | retsinoina | |
translative | retsinaksi | retsinoiksi | |
abessive | retsinatta | retsinoitta | |
instructive | — | retsinoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
edit- “retsina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editretsina m (plural retsinas)
Further reading
edit- “retsina”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editretsina f
- retsina, retsina wine (Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years)
Declension
editDeclension of retsina
Further reading
edit- retsina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
editNoun
editretsina f (plural retsinas)
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- English uncountable nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- en:Gums and resins
- en:Wines
- Finnish terms derived from Greek
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/etsinɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/etsinɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
- fi:Wines
- French terms derived from Greek
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- French nouns
- French countable nouns
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- fr:Wines
- Polish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
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- Rhymes:Polish/ina
- Rhymes:Polish/ina/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- pl:Greece
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- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
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