свитер

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sweater with some phonetic changes resulting from a hypercorrect pronunciation.

Pronunciation

  • сви́тэр: IPA(key): [ˈsvʲitɨr] (phonetic respelling: сви́тэр)
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  • сви́тер: IPA(key): [ˈsvʲitʲɪr] (proscribed)
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Noun

сви́тер • (svítɛr, svíter) m inan (genitive сви́тера, nominative plural свитера́ or сви́теры*, genitive plural свитеро́в or сви́теров*, diminutive свитеро́к) (* Less common.)

  1. sweater (knitted jacket)

Declension

Descendants

  • Crimean Tatar: sviter
  • Uzbek: sviter
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