retsina
/ɹɛtˈsiːnə/noun
retsina is spelled R-E-T-S-I-N-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, retsina means “A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of retsina is retsinas.
How many letters and syllables are in retsina?
| Letters | 7: R-E-T-S-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 43 million words; the 201,693rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is retsina?
Retsina appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce retsina?
- UK /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-retsina.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with retsina?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as retsina from its last stressed vowel (/inə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stainer, stearin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of retsina
- retsinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does retsina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Retsina in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Greek wine:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does retsina come from?
Borrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from Byzantine Greek ῥετσίνα (rhetsína), from Italian resina (“resin”). Doublet of resin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).