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Ukrainian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Polish szpalera (obsolete form of szpaler), from German Spalier, from Italian spalliera.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
шпале́ра • (špaléra) f inan (genitive шпале́ри, nominative plural шпале́ри, genitive plural шпале́р, relational adjective шпале́рний)
- (chiefly in the plural) wallpaper (decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings)
- tapestry (a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls)
- (chiefly in the plural) trellis (an outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants)
- (chiefly in the plural) espalier (a latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence)
- (chiefly in the plural) espalier (a row of plants that have been espaliered)
- (chiefly in the plural, chiefly military) lines, ranks (of people standing in rows)
Declension
Declension of шпале́ра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
Synonyms
- (wallpaper, tapestry, espalier): шпалі́р m (špalír) (dated)
- (tapestry): гобеле́н m (hobelén)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “шпалера”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 456
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “шпалера”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “шпалера”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “шпалера”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “шпалера”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)