викторина

Russian

Etymology

First appeared in the Russian magazine Ogoniok in 1928. Mikhail Koltsov, the magazine's founder, applied the term to a selection of puzzles in the magazine. He had named the feature after a fellow employee who prepared the feature, Виктор Микулин (Viktor Mikulin). Later, people began to associate his puzzle with the Latin term victor (“winner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪktɐˈrʲinə]

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Noun

виктори́на • (viktorína) f inan (genitive виктори́ны, nominative plural виктори́ны, genitive plural виктори́н)

1. quiz (a test of knowledge)

Declension

Declension of виктори́на (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	виктори́на viktorína	виктори́ны viktoríny
genitive	виктори́ны viktoríny	виктори́н viktorín
dative	виктори́не viktoríne	виктори́нам viktorínam
accusative	виктори́ну viktorínu	виктори́ны viktoríny
instrumental	виктори́ной, виктори́ною viktorínoj, viktorínoju	виктори́нами viktorínami
prepositional	виктори́не viktoríne	виктори́нах viktorínax