kišobran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kiša +‎ -o- +‎ braniti. Likely a calque of French parapluie or of Italian parapioggia.

Coined in the 1830s, likely by writers and journalists publishing Ilirske narodne novine, where it appears in 1837.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kîʃobraːn/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧šo‧bran

Noun

kȉšobrān m inan (Cyrillic spelling ки̏шобра̄н)

  1. umbrella

Declension

Declension of kišobran
singular plural
nominative kišobran kišobrani
genitive kišobrana kišobrana
dative kišobranu kišobranima
accusative kišobran kišobrane
vocative kišobrane kišobrani
locative kišobranu kišobranima
instrumental kišobranom kišobranima

Derived terms

See also

References

  • “kišobran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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