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Russian
Etymology
Late 19th century after French verre de fougère, a certain quality grade of wine glasses, made from fougère (“fern”) ash, manufactured particularly in the town Fougères having its name from abundance in fern and later a glassware industry by reason of this fern presence.
Pronunciation
Noun
фуже́р • (fužér) m inan (genitive фуже́ра, nominative plural фуже́ры, genitive plural фуже́ров)
- tall wine glass
Declension
References
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “фужер”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa