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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *povortъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
поворо́т • (povorót) m inan (genitive поворо́та, nominative plural поворо́ты, genitive plural поворо́тов, relational adjective поворо́тный)
- turn (a change of direction or orientation)
- curve
- (slang) break (a significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention)
Declension
Synonyms
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *povortъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
поворо́т • (povorót) m inan (genitive поворо́ту, nominative plural поворо́ти, genitive plural поворо́тів)
- turn, turning, pivot (a change of direction or orientation)
- corner, turning (of a path, road, street, etc.: turn or deviation from a straight course)
- (figurative) turn, turnaround (change in circumstance)
- Synonym: перело́м m (perelóm)
- (figurative) twist (an unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.)
- поворо́т сюже́ту ― povorót sjužétu ― plot twist
- сюже́тний поворо́т ― sjužétnyj povorót ― plot twist
Declension
Declension of поворо́т (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “поворот”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “поворот”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “поворот”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “поворот”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “поворот”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “поворот”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)