Russian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French vasistas (transom window, fortochka), from German Was ist das? (What is that?).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

васисда́с (vasisdásm inan (genitive васисда́са, nominative plural васисда́сы, genitive plural васисда́сов)

  1. (obsolete) (colloquial) small inspection window

Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “васисдас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress