рупор

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ру́пор (rúporm inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́поры or рупора́, genitive plural ру́поров or рупоро́в)

  1. megaphone

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ռուպոր (ṙupor)

Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Through Russian ру́пор (rúpor) from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ру́пор (rúporm inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́пори, genitive plural ру́порів)

  1. megaphone
  2. (figuratively) megaphone, mouthpiece, promoter

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “ру́пор”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 145