золотоискатель

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Russian

Etymology

From зо́лото (zóloto) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ иска́ть (iskátʹ) +‎ -тель (-telʹ), a calque of German Goldsucher.

Pronunciation

Noun

золотоиска́тель (zolotoiskátelʹm anim (genitive золотоиска́теля, nominative plural золотоиска́тели, genitive plural золотоиска́телей)

  1. gold digger, gold prospector
    Synonym: стара́тель (starátelʹ)

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “золотоискатель”, 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 108