енот

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Genette, from French genette, with unclear -о-. The original meaning was “genet”. Doublet of генета.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈnot]

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• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

ено́т • (jenót) m anim (genitive ено́та, nominative plural ено́ты, genitive plural ено́тов)

1. raccoon (mammal)
2. raccoon fur, coonskin
3. (obsolete) genet

Declension

Declension of ено́т (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ено́т jenót	ено́ты jenóty
genitive	ено́та jenóta	ено́тов jenótov
dative	ено́ту jenótu	ено́там jenótam
accusative	ено́та jenóta	ено́тов jenótov
instrumental	ено́том jenótom	ено́тами jenótami
prepositional	ено́те jenóte	ено́тах jenótax

Related terms

• ено́товый (jenótovyj)
• енотови́дный (jenotovídnyj)
• ено́тиха (jenótixa)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ենոտ (enot)
• → Georgian: ენოტი (enoṭi)
  • → Mingrelian: ენოტი (enoṭi)
• → Kildin Sami: энот (enot)
• → Polish: jenot
  • → Kashubian: jenot
• → Romanian: enot