κρασί
See also: κράση
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek κρασίον (krasíon, “blending”, diminutive), from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, “blending”)
- (In ancient Greece wine was usually drunk mixed with water. Compare with οίνος m (oínos))
Usage notes
- wine glass: ποτήρι του κρασιού (potíri tou krasioú) or ποτήρι κρασιού (potíri krasioú) literally: "glass of wine"
- glass of wine: ποτήρι κρασί (potíri krasí) literally: "glass wine"
Declension
Synonyms
- (formal, learned) οίνος m (oínos)
- (obsolete) σταφυλίτης m (stafylítis)
Derived terms
- αφρώδες κρασί n (afródes krasí, “sparkling wine”)
- βάζω νερό στο κρασί μου (vázo neró sto krasí mou, “compromise, make do with less”)
- γλυκό κρασί n (glykó krasí, “sweet wine”)
- ένα κιλό κρασί n (éna kiló krasí, “a kilo (litre) of wine”)
- καλά κρασιά (kalá krasiá, “yeah, right!”)
- κόκκινο κρασί n (kókkino krasí, “red wine”)
- λίστα των κρασιών f (lísta ton krasión, “wine list”)
- λευκό κρασί n (lefkó krasí, “white wine”)
- μηλόκρασο n (milókraso, “cider”)
- μισό κιλό κρασί n (misó kiló krasí, “half a kilo of wine”)
- ξηρό κρασί n (xiró krasí, “dry wine”)
- ποτήρι κρασί n (potíri krasí, “a glass of wine”)
- ροζέ κρασί n (rozé krasí, “rose wine”)
- τέταρτο κιλό κρασί n (tétarto kiló krasí, “quarter kilo of wine”)
See also
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