рупор

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation

Noun

ру́пор (rúporm inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́поры or рупора́, genitive plural ру́поров or рупоро́в, relational adjective ру́порный)

  1. megaphone
    Synonyms: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ), мегафо́н (megafón)
  2. (figurative) megaphone, mouthpiece (spokesman, also collective, as a newspaper, magazine, TV channel)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ռուպոր (ṙupor)
  • Kildin Sami: рӯпэр (rūper)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рупор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “рупор”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 128

Further reading

  • рупор in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Ukrainian

Etymology

Through Russian ру́пор (rúpor) from Dutch roeper, from roepen (to shout).

Pronunciation

Noun

ру́пор (rúporm inan (genitive ру́пора, nominative plural ру́пори, genitive plural ру́порів)

  1. megaphone
  2. (figuratively) megaphone, mouthpiece, promoter

Declension

Declension of ру́пор
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative ру́пор
rúpor
ру́пори
rúpory
genitive ру́пора
rúpora
ру́порів
rúporiv
dative ру́порові, ру́пору
rúporovi, rúporu
ру́порам
rúporam
accusative ру́пор
rúpor
ру́пори
rúpory
instrumental ру́пором
rúporom
ру́порами
rúporamy
locative ру́порі
rúpori
ру́порах
rúporax
vocative ру́поре
rúpore
ру́пори
rúpory

References