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шпалера

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Polish szpalera (obsolete form of szpaler), from German Spalier, from Italian spalliera.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃpɐˈɫɛrɐ]
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Noun

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шпале́ра (špaléraf inan (genitive шпале́ри, nominative plural шпале́ри, genitive plural шпале́р, relational adjective шпале́рний)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) wallpaper (decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings)
  2. tapestry (a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls)
  3. (chiefly in the plural) trellis (an outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants)
  4. (chiefly in the plural) espalier (a latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence)
  5. (chiefly in the plural) espalier (a row of plants that have been espaliered)
  6. (chiefly in the plural, chiefly military) lines, ranks (of people standing in rows)

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шпалера”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 456

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