Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʂto zə] (phonetic respelling: што́ за)

Adverb edit

что́ за (štó za)

  1. what, what kind of, what sort of
  2. what a/an [insert noun]

Usage notes edit

  • Что́ за is one of only two environments in Russian in which a preposition can take a nominative argument; the other is в.

Related terms edit