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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech rovesník or Polish rówieśnik.
Pronunciation
Noun
рове́сник • (rovésnik) m anim (genitive рове́сника, nominative plural рове́сники, genitive plural рове́сников, feminine рове́сница)
- contemporary, age-mate (one who is the same age as another)
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ровесник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress