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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kabeltouw.
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́бельтов • (kábelʹtov) m inan (genitive ка́бельтова, nominative plural ка́бельтовы, genitive plural ка́бельтовов)
- (nautical) cable (heavy rope or chain as used for mooring)
- (nautical) unit of length, equal to 0.1 of a nautical mile (185.2 metres)
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кабельтов”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress