Palabra Lexi · common words in Greek

How to say "wine" in Greek

"Wine" in Greek is κρασί (krasí), pronounced kra-SI (stress on the syllable in capitals). It is a neuter noun (το κρασί, plural τα κρασιά).

Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals; Greek marks that syllable with an accent in writing too. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Greek voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

How to pronounce κρασί

Κρασί is pronounced kra-SI, in IPA /kɾaˈsi/. The stress falls on SI, the syllable in capitals. Greek shows this in writing: the accent mark sits on the stressed vowel.

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Is κρασί masculine, feminine or neuter?

Κρασί is neuter, so it takes the article το: το κρασί. The plural is τα κρασιά. That fits the pattern: nouns ending in -ο and -ι are neuter.

Example sentences

Ένα ποτήρι κρασί
a glass of wine

Πίνω κρασί
I drink wine

"Wine" in Greek: everyday use and word roots

Κρασί comes from κρᾶσις, "mixing": ancient Greeks drank their wine mixed with water.

Regional words and roots: Wiktionary and the Liddell–Scott Greek lexicon. Greek varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.

How to remember κρασί

κρασί [kra-SI] sounds like the English “crass sea”. Picture this:

You dive into a crass sea of red wine; waves of it splash over the barrel rim.

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Word web: κρασί

Words that live next to κρασί in the Palabra word web, each with its own English sound-alike and scene. Learning them together makes each one easier to recall.