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Russian
Etymology
круг (krug) + -о́к (-ók)
Pronunciation
Noun
кружо́к • (kružók) m inan (genitive кружка́, nominative plural кружки́, genitive plural кружко́в, diminutive кружо́чек)
- (small) circle, ring
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:— Вот от этого самого Павел Владимирыч и погибает в цвете лет — от водки от этой! — говорит доктор, приятно морщась и тыкая вилкой в кружок колбасы.- — Vot ot etovo samovo Pavel Vladimiryč i pogibajet v cvete let — ot vodki ot etoj! — govorit doktor, prijatno morščasʹ i tykaja vilkoj v kružok kolbasy.
- ‘This is the stuff that’s cutting off Pavel Vladimirych in his prime — vodka!’ observes the doctor, screwing up his face with pleasure and spearing a round of sausage with his fork.
- circle, study group, interest group
- kroužek
Declension
Synonyms
- круг (krug), кружковец (kružkovec), кружковщина (kružkovščina)
- кружковой (kružkovoj), кружковый (kružkovyj), кругово́й (krugovój), кру́глый (krúglyj), кружно́й (kružnój), кружный (kružnyj)
- кружи́ть (kružítʹ), окружа́ть (okružátʹ), окружи́ть (okružítʹ), кружи́ться (kružítʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кружо́к (kružók).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krǔʒok/
- Hyphenation: кру‧жок
Noun
кру̀жок m (Latin spelling krùžok)
- circle, group, society
- лингвистички кружок ― linguistic circle
Declension
Further reading
- “кружок”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025