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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French royal.
Pronunciation
Noun
роя́ль • (rojálʹ) m inan (genitive роя́ля, nominative plural роя́ли, genitive plural роя́лей)
- grand piano
1894, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], В усадьбе; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., At a Country House, 1920:В окно́ из са́да ви́дно бы́ло, как в гости́ной о́коло роя́ля Же́ня с распу́щенными волоса́ми, о́чень бле́дная, испу́ганная, говори́ла о чё́м-то бы́стро-бы́стро...- V oknó iz sáda vídno býlo, kak v gostínoj ókolo rojálja Žénja s raspúščennymi volosámi, óčenʹ blédnaja, ispúgannaja, govoríla o čóm-to býstro-býstro...
- He could see from the garden, through the drawing-room window, Genya by the piano, very pale, and looking scared, with her hair down. She was talking very, very rapidly. . . .
Declension
See also
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рояль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
роя́ль • (rojálʹ) m inan (genitive роя́ля, nominative plural роя́лі, genitive plural роя́лів)
- grand piano
Declension
Declension of роя́ль (inan soft masc-form accent-a)
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