ρητίνη

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē).[1] Doublet of ρετσίνι (retsíni) and ρετσίνα (retsína).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɾiˈti.ni/
  • Hyphenation: ρη‧τί‧νη

Noun

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ρητίνη • (ritíni) f (plural ρητίνες)

  1. (learnedly) resin (a viscous hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees)
    Synonym: ρετσίνι n (retsíni)
  2. resin (any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications)
  3. resin (any synthetic compound of similar properties)

Declension

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Declension of ρητίνη
singular plural
nominative ρητίνη • ρητίνες •
genitive ρητίνης • ρητινών •
accusative ρητίνη • ρητίνες •
vocative ρητίνη • ρητίνες •

References

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  1. ^ ρητίνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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