гейзер

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geiser, an archaic variant of Geysir, from Icelandic Geysir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʲejzʲɪr]
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡʲejzɨr] (phonetic respelling: ге́йзэр)
  • (file)

Noun

ге́йзер • (géjzer, géjzɛr) m inan (genitive ге́йзера, nominative plural ге́йзеры, genitive plural ге́йзеров)

  1. geyser (boiling spring)

Declension

  • гейзери́т (gejzerít, gejzɛrít)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գեյզեր (geyzer)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гейзер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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