портмоне

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Bulgarian

Noun

портмоне́ (portmonén

  1. purse, wallet

Declension

Declension of портмоне́
singular plural
indefinite портмоне́
portmoné
портмоне́та
portmonéta
definite портмоне́то
portmonéto
портмоне́тата
portmonétata

Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French porte-monnaie. Ultimately from Latin portō (whence multiple descendants, compare close related English portfolio, Russian портфе́ль (portfélʹ), Russian портфо́лио (portfólio)) + Latin monēta (whence English money, English mint, Russian моне́та (monéta)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: портмонэ́)
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Noun

портмоне́ (portmonɛ́n inan (indeclinable)

  1. wallet, purse, porte-monnaie
    Synonyms: кошелёк (košeljók), бума́жник (bumážnik)

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “портмоне”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 59
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “монета”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 541
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “портмоне”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “портмоне”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “порт”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 320

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