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Russian
Etymology
From Dutch komfoor, from Picard cauffoir equal to French chauffoir, from Latin calefacere.
Pronunciation
Noun
конфо́рка • (konfórka) f inan (genitive конфо́рки, nominative plural конфо́рки, genitive plural конфо́рок)
- ring, burner (of a stove)
- crown, top ring (of a samovar)
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Семейные итоги”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Клубы́ па́ра вырыва́ются из-под кры́шки и оку́тывают тума́ном ча́йник, уж с че́тверть ча́са стоя́щий на конфо́рке.- Klubý pára vyryvájutsja iz-pod krýški i okútyvajut tumánom čájnik, už s čétvertʹ čása stojáščij na konfórke.
- Clouds of steam billow from beneath the lid, enveloping in mist the tea-pot which for the last quarter of an hour has been on its stand on the top of the samovar.
Declension