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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French moderne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: модэ́рн)
Adjective
моде́рн • (modɛ́rn) (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) modern, contemporary, fashionable
- Synonyms: совреме́нный (sovreménnyj, “contemporary”), мо́дный (módnyj, “fashionable”), модерно́вый (modɛrnóvyj, “fashionable, contemporary (colloquial)”)
Usage notes
- Normally used either in the post-position or as a predicative adjective.
Noun
моде́рн • (modɛ́rn) m inan (genitive моде́рна, nominative plural моде́рны, genitive plural моде́рнов) or
моде́рн • (modɛ́rn) m inan (indeclinable)
- (art) modern style
- стиль моде́рн ― stilʹ modɛ́rn ― modern style
- в сти́ле моде́рн ― v stíle modɛ́rn ― in the modern style
- архитекту́ра моде́рна ― arxitektúra modɛ́rna ― modern architecture
Usage notes
- In the post-position the term is also used in the sense of "modern" (adjective)
Declension
or indeclinable