το ποτήρι του κρασιού
“το ποτήρι του κρασιού” (to potíri tu krasiú) — wine glass in Greek. Noun, level A1. no separate word: a wine glass is 'a glass for wine'. A stemmed one is specified as kolonáto. In a live sentence: “Γέμισε το ποτήρι του κρασιού” — Fill the wine glass. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters τ, ο, π, ο, τ, ρ, ι, τ, ο, υ, κ, ρ. A word from the everyday Greek course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Greek | το ποτήρι του κρασιού |
| Read in Latin letters | to potíri tu krasiú |
| Translation | wine glass |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- το ποτήρι του κρασιούto potíri tu krasiúwine glass
Why it looks that way
no separate word: a wine glass is 'a glass for wine'. A stemmed one is specified as kolonáto
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Γέμισε το ποτήρι του κρασιούyémise to potíri tu krasiúFill the wine glass
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “wine glass” in Greek?
«το ποτήρι του κρασιού», read “to potíri tu krasiú”. In a live sentence: “Γέμισε το ποτήρι του κρασιού” — Fill the wine glass. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters τ, ο, π, ο, τ, ρ, ι, τ, ο, υ, κ, ρ.
How is “το ποτήρι του κρασιού” written in Latin letters?
to potíri tu krasiú. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
no separate word: a wine glass is 'a glass for wine'. A stemmed one is specified as kolonáto. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.