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Russian
Etymology
From пар (par, “steam”) + -о- (-o-) + *ход (*xod), a deverbal agentive form of ходи́ть (xodítʹ, “to go”).
Pronunciation
Noun
парохо́д • (paroxód) m inan (genitive парохо́да, nominative plural парохо́ды, genitive plural парохо́дов, relational adjective парохо́дный, diminutive парохо́дик)
- steamboat, steamer, steamship
1913, Максим Горький, “I”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:Сорок лет назад пароходы плавали медленно; мы ехали до Нижнего очень долго, и я хорошо помню эти первые дни насыщения красотою.- Sorok let nazad paroxody plavali medlenno; my jexali do Nižnevo očenʹ dolgo, i ja xorošo pomnju eti pervyje dni nasyščenija krasotoju.
- Forty years ago steamboats moved slowly. It took us ages to reach Nizhny, and I clearly remember that time when I first experienced nature’s beauty to the full.
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