объём

See also: объем

Russian

Etymology

From об- (ob-) and Proto-Slavic *jęti (to take). Compare German Umfang (extent, scope) from umfangen (to embrace, to include), which is regarded as a calque of Latin circumferentia from Greek περιφέρεια (periféreia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbˈjɵm]
  • (file)

Noun

объём • (obʺjóm) m inan (genitive объёма, nominative plural объёмы, genitive plural объёмов, relational adjective объёмный, diminutive объёмчик)

  1. volume, capacity, bulk
  2. (figurative) extent, range, scope

Declension

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