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рояль

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French royal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [rɐˈjælʲ]
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Noun

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роя́ль (rojálʹm inan (genitive роя́ля, nominative plural роя́ли, genitive plural роя́лей)

  1. grand piano
    • 1894, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], В усадьбе; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., At a Country House, 1920:
      В окно́ из са́да ви́дно бы́ло, как в гости́ной о́коло роя́ля Же́ня с распу́щенными волоса́ми, о́чень бле́дная, испу́ганная, говори́ла о чё́м-то бы́стро-бы́стро...
      V oknó iz sáda vídno býlo, kak v gostínoj ókolo rojálja Žénja s raspúščennymi volosámi, óčenʹ blédnaja, ispúgannaja, govoríla o čóm-to býstro-býstro...
      He could see from the garden, through the drawing-room window, Genya by the piano, very pale, and looking scared, with her hair down. She was talking very, very rapidly. . . .

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рояль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

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Noun

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роя́ль (rojálʹm inan (genitive роя́ля, nominative plural роя́лі, genitive plural роя́лів)

  1. grand piano

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