ρητίνη

Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of ρητίνη
singular plural
nominative ρητίνη (ritíni) ρητίνες (ritínes)
genitive ρητίνης (ritínis) ρητινών (ritinón)
accusative ρητίνη (ritíni) ρητίνες (ritínes)
vocative ρητίνη (ritíni) ρητίνες (ritínes)

References

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

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