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retsina

/ɹɛtˈsiːnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
retsi-na
IPA
/ɹɛtˈsiːnə/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from Byzantine Greek ῥετσίνα (rhetsína), from Italian resina (“resin”). Doublet of resin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ῥετσίνα, resina

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

retsinas (plural)

Phrases

retsina wine

Questions

How do you pronounce retsina?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/.
What does retsina mean?
A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
Where does retsina come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce retsina

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