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retsina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/ (UK)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
   • She serves the smooth retsina / She keeps me safe and warm / It's just the calm before the storm 1977, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, “Home at Last”, in Aja, performed by Steely Dan:

Forms

Deriveds

retsina wine

Translations (8)

ru реци́на (Greek wine) · la rēsīnātum (Greek wine) · grc ῥητινίτης οἶνος (Greek wine) · de Retsina (Greek wine) · el ρετσίνα (Greek wine) · pl retsina (Greek wine) · es retsina (Greek wine) · fi retsina (Greek wine)