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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish castañeta (“diminutive form of castaña”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кастанье́та • (kastanʹjéta) f inan (genitive кастанье́ты, nominative plural кастанье́ты, genitive plural кастанье́т)
- (music) castanet (a single handheld percussion instrument)
1929, Gaito Gazdanov, Вечер у Клэр:Я увидел во сне Елизавету Михайловну, которая превратилась в испанку с трескучими кастаньетами.- Ja uvidel vo sne Jelizavetu Mixajlovnu, kotoraja prevratilasʹ v ispanku s treskučimi kastanʹjetami.
- In the dream, I saw Elizaveta Mikhailovna, who became a Spanish woman with crakling castanets
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