рупор

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrupər]

Noun

ру́пор • (rúpor) m inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́поры or рупора́, genitive plural ру́поров or рупоро́в)

  1. megaphone

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ռուպոր (ṙupor)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Through Russian ру́пор (rúpor) from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrupɔr]

Noun

ру́пор • (rúpor) m inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́пори, genitive plural ру́порів)

  1. megaphone
  2. (figuratively) megaphone, mouthpiece, promoter

Declension

References

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “ру́пор”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 145
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