драндулет

Russian

Etymology

From Polish dryndula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drəndʊˈlʲet]

Noun

драндуле́т • (drandulét) m inan (genitive драндуле́та, nominative plural драндуле́ты, genitive plural драндуле́тов)

  1. (informal) A decrepit vehicle of any sort; a clunker or piece of junk
  2. (informal) A name for any unspecified piece of machinery; a thingamajig

References

  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “драндулет”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 185
  • Anikin, A. E. (2020), “драндулет”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 14 (дигнитарь – дрощи), Moscow: Nestor-Historia, →ISBN, page 298
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