ρητίνη
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē).[1] Doublet of ρετσίνι (retsíni) and ρετσίνα (retsína).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ρητίνη • (ritíni) f (plural ρητίνες)
- (learnedly) resin (a viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees)
- Synonym: ρετσίνι n (retsíni)
- resin (any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications)
- resin (any synthetic compound of similar properties)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ρητίνη (ritíni) | ρητίνες (ritínes) |
| genitive | ρητίνης (ritínis) | ρητινών (ritinón) |
| accusative | ρητίνη (ritíni) | ρητίνες (ritínes) |
| vocative | ρητίνη (ritíni) | ρητίνες (ritínes) |
References
[edit]- ^ ρητίνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
ρητίνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
