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Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1931. броня́ (bronjá) + -е- (-e-) + си́ла (síla), calque of German Panzerkräfte .
Pronunciation
Noun
бронеси́лы • (bronesíly) f inan pl (genitive бронеси́л, plural only)
- armour
Declension
References
- 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