Lingoflyκοκκινομάλλης
- κοκκινομάλληςkokinomálisred-haired
“κοκκινομάλλης” (kokinomális) — red-haired in Greek. Adjective, level A1. Kókkinos plus maliá: 'red-haired' — Greek never made a separate color for red hair. The double kk and ll sound as single ones. In a live sentence: “Ο μικρός είναι κοκκινομάλλης σαν τον παππού του” (o mikrós íne kokinomális san ton papú tu) — The kid is red-haired, just like his grandfather. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters κ, ο, κ, κ, ι, ν, ο, μ, ά, λ, λ, η.
In short
| Written in Greek | κοκκινομάλλης (kokinomális) |
| Read in Latin letters | kokinomális |
| Translation | red-haired |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
kókkinos plus maliá: 'red-haired' — Greek never made a separate color for red hair. The double kk and ll sound as single ones
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.
- Ο μικρός είναι κοκκινομάλλης σαν τον παππού τουo mikrós íne kokinomális san ton papú tuThe kid is red-haired, just like his grandfather
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 “red-haired” in Greek?
«κοκκινομάλλης» (kokinomális), read “kokinomális”. In a live sentence: “Ο μικρός είναι κοκκινομάλλης σαν τον παππού του” (o mikrós íne kokinomális san ton papú tu) — The kid is red-haired, just like his grandfather. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adjective, level A1; written with the characters κ, ο, κ, κ, ι, ν, ο, μ, ά, λ, λ, η.
How is “κοκκινομάλλης” (kokinomális) written in Latin letters?
kokinomális. 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?
Kókkinos plus maliá: 'red-haired' — Greek never made a separate color for red hair. The double kk and ll sound as single ones. 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 this 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.