реотан

Bulgarian

два реотана (two heating elements)

Etymology

Borrowed from French rhéotan, from German Rheotan, from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɛoˈtan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification^(key): ре‧о‧тан
• Hyphenation^(key): ре‧отан

Noun

реота́н • (reotán) m

1. (uncountable) An alloy of copper, nickel and zinc used for electrical resistors and heating coils.
2. (by extension, colloquial) A wire or coil made from that alloy for use in heating elements of stoves and heaters.
3. (colloquial) A heating element, usually of space heaters, kitchen stoves and other small appliances.

Declension

Declension of реота́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	реота́н reotán	реота́ни reotáni
definite (subject form)	реота́нът reotánǎt	реота́ните reotánite
definite (object form)	реота́на reotána
count form	—	реота́на reotána

References

• “реотан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “реотан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010