бронесилы

Russian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in 1931. броня́ (bronjá) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ си́ла (síla), calque of German Panzerkräfte [Arapova].

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [brənʲɪˈsʲiɫɨ]
  • IPA(key): [ˌbronʲɪˈsʲiɫɨ]

Noun edit

бронеси́лы (bronesílyf inan pl (genitive бронеси́л, plural only)

  1. armour

Declension edit

References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бронесилы”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 61