пассаж
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French passage. Further from Latin passus (<~ pandō + -tus) + -āre + -āticum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɐˈsaʂ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aʂ
Noun
пасса́ж • (passáž) m inan (genitive пасса́жа, nominative plural пасса́жи, genitive plural пасса́жей)
- arcade, passage (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides)
- (music) passage
- (obsolete) unexpected turn (of events)
- какой пасса́ж! ― kakoj passáž! ― what a thing to happen!; what a turn-up!
Declension
Declension of пасса́ж (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
Related terms
Related via Latin passāre (passus (<~ pandō + -tus) + -āre):
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “пассаж”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.