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Etymology edit

Late 19th century after French verre de fougère, a certain quality grade of wine glasses, made from fougère (fern) ash, manufactured particularly in the town Fougères having its name from abundance in fern and later a glassware industry by reason of this fern presence.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

фуже́р (fužérm inan (genitive фуже́ра, nominative plural фуже́ры, genitive plural фуже́ров)

  1. tall wine glass

Declension edit

References edit

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “фужер”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa