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Russian
Etymology
From ча́стый (částyj, “dense”) + -о- (-o-) + кол (kol, “pale”). Other sources suggest it's from Polish częstokół (“palisade”), with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
частоко́л • (častokól) m inan (genitive частоко́ла, nominative plural частоко́лы, genitive plural частоко́лов)
- palisade, paling, fence
1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VII. Приступ”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:Мы пошли на вал, возвышение, образованное природой и укреплённое частоколом.- My pošli na val, vozvyšenije, obrazovannoje prirodoj i ukrepljónnoje častokolom.
- We mounted the rampart, an eminence of natural formation, and defended by a palisade.
Declension