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