эпопея

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ەپوپەيا
Cyrillic эпопея
Latin epopeia
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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian эпопе́я (epopéja), from French épopée.

Noun

эпопея (épopeä)

  1. epic, epopee

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Synonyms

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épopée.

Pronunciation

Noun

эпопе́я (epopéjaf inan (genitive эпопе́и, nominative plural эпопе́и, genitive plural эпопе́й)

  1. epic, epopee
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава седьмая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Обо всех э́тих происше́ствиях, составля́вших герои́ческую эпопе́ю моего́ де́тства, мно́ю своевре́менно получа́лись ско́рые и са́мые достове́рные све́дения.
      Obo vsex étix proisšéstvijax, sostavljávšix geroíčeskuju epopéju mojevó détstva, mnóju svojevrémenno polučálisʹ skóryje i sámyje dostovérnyje svédenija.
      Of all these incidents that made up the heroic epopee of my childhood, I promptly received quick and highly trustworthy intelligence.

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