вместительность

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Russian

Etymology

вмести́тельный (vmestítelʹnyj) +‎ -ость (-ostʹ), possibly, a calque of German Geräumigkeit.

Pronunciation

Noun

вмести́тельность (vmestítelʹnostʹf inan (genitive вмести́тельности, uncountable)

  1. capacity (ability to hold); capacity (a measure of such ability), volume
    • 2010 November 11, Владимир Гаврилов, “Идеальный паркетник”, in RBC Daily:
      Одним из основных претензий к старому Х3 была его небольшая вместительность.
      Odnim iz osnovnyx pretenzij k staromu X3 byla jevo nebolʹšaja vmestitelʹnostʹ.
      The main reproof of the old X3 was its small boot capacity
  2. capaciousness, spaciousness, roominess (ability to hold a lot)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “вместительность”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 67