smetana
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Vegetable salad with smetana
See also: Smetana
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian смета́на (smetána).
Pronunciation
Noun
smetana (uncountable)
- A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe.
Translations
type of soured cream
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Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech smetana, from Proto-Slavic *sъmetana.
Pronunciation
Noun
smetana f (related adjective smetanový)
- cream (the dairy product)
Declension
Declension of smetana (hard feminine)
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Derived terms
- smetánka f
Descendants
- → German: Schmetten
See also
- šlehačka f
Further reading
- “smetana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “smetana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian смета́на (smetána).
Pronunciation
Noun
smetana
- smetana
- Synonym: vuolukerma
Declension
| Inflection of smetana (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | smetana | smetanat | |
| genitive | smetanan | smetanoiden smetanoitten smetanojen | |
| partitive | smetanaa | smetanoita smetanoja | |
| illative | smetanaan | smetanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | smetana | smetanat | |
| accusative | nom. | smetana | smetanat |
| gen. | smetanan | ||
| genitive | smetanan | smetanoiden smetanoitten smetanojen smetanain rare | |
| partitive | smetanaa | smetanoita smetanoja | |
| inessive | smetanassa | smetanoissa | |
| elative | smetanasta | smetanoista | |
| illative | smetanaan | smetanoihin | |
| adessive | smetanalla | smetanoilla | |
| ablative | smetanalta | smetanoilta | |
| allative | smetanalle | smetanoille | |
| essive | smetanana | smetanoina | |
| translative | smetanaksi | smetanoiksi | |
| abessive | smetanatta | smetanoitta | |
| instructive | — | smetanoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “smetana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
smetana (Cyrillic spelling сметана)
- inflection of smetati:
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sъmetana, cognate with Slovak smotana, Russian смета́на (smetána).
Pronunciation
Noun
smẹ́tana f
- cream (oily part of milk)
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
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| nominative | smétana | |
| genitive | smétane | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
smétana | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
smétane | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
smétani | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
smétano | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
smétani | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
smétano | |
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сметана”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- “smetana”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024