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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French biographe.[1] Compare Russian био́граф (biógraf), Belarusian біёграф (bijóhraf), Polish biograf.
Pronunciation
Noun
біо́граф • (bióhraf) m pers (genitive біо́графа, nominative plural біо́графи, genitive plural біо́графів)
- biographer
- Synonym: (rare) життєпи́сець m (žyttjepýsecʹ)
Declension
Declension of біо́граф (pers hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “біограф”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 200
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “біограф”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 187
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “біограф”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “біограф”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “біограф”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “біограф”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)