гримаса

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

гримаса (grimasaf (diminutive гримасичка)

  1. grimace

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Russian

гримаса

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grimasse, from French grimace.

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Noun

грима́са (grimásaf inan (genitive грима́сы, nominative plural грима́сы, genitive plural грима́с)

  1. grimace (a distortion of the countenance)
    Synonym: ужи́мка (užímka)
    • 1840, Mikhail Lermontov, “II. Княжна Мери”, in A Hero of Our Time:
      Впрочем, очень понятно, что ей стало тебя жалко: ты сделал такую ужасную гримасу, когда ступил на простреленную ногу…
      Vpročem, očenʹ ponjatno, što jej stalo tebja žalko: ty sdelal takuju užasnuju grimasu, kogda stupil na prostrelennuju nogu…
      It is quite easy, however, to understand that she pitied you; you made such a terrible grimace when you walked on the wounded foot...

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrimǎsa/
  • Hyphenation: гри‧ма‧са

Noun

грима̀са f (Latin spelling grimàsa)

  1. grimace

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