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Russian
Etymology
From об- (ob-) and Proto-Slavic *jęti (“to take”). Compare German Umfang (“extent, scope”) from umfangen (“to embrace, to include”), which is regarded as a calque of Latin circumferentia from Greek περιφέρεια (periféreia).
Pronunciation
Noun
объём • (obʺjóm) m inan (genitive объёма, nominative plural объёмы, genitive plural объёмов, relational adjective объёмный, diminutive объёмчик)
- volume, capacity, bulk
- (figurative) extent, range, scope
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