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Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1927. From авиа- (avia-) + носи́ть (nosítʹ) + -ец (-ec), an inexact calque of German Flugzeugträger.
Pronunciation
Noun
авиано́сец • (avianósec) m inan (genitive авиано́сца, nominative plural авиано́сцы, genitive plural авиано́сцев)
- aircraft carrier, flattop
- Synonym: авиама́тка (aviamátka)
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References
- Arapova, N. S. (2000) “авианосец”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press