The word "grandfather" used to have two meanings.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words meaning of words grandfather People and Events 8 November 2024In the Russian language there is a unique word whose meaning depends on the stress.
Timur Khomichev words stress in words meaning of words Russian language People and Events 1 September 2024There are words that even highly educated and literate people use incorrectly.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words Russian language literate speech People and Events 30 July 2024There are a few words that are often used completely inappropriately.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words literate speech Russian language People and Events 29 July 2024Few people know that there are as many as three versions of the origin of this word.
Timur Khomichev sausage Russian language words meaning of words People and Events 19 July 2024Nowadays we call the evening meal "dinner", but in the past the word "supper" was used for it.
Timur Khomichev dinner words Russian language meaning of words People and Events 16 July 2024Milk teeth "come into the world" at about six months of age.
Elena Shimanovskaya teeth milk teeth Name baby teeth in children People and Events 27 June 2024There are many words in the Russian language that are impossible or very difficult to translate into other languages.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words languages meaning of words People and Events 23 June 2024Only in Russia is there a specific definition of the process, although people drink and cure their hangovers in other countries as well.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news hangover Russian language language People and Events 31 May 2024To this day, many popular websites dedicated to the Russian language do not reflect the changes recorded by the Academic Russian Spelling Dictionary.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news Russian language dictionary internet People and Events 28 May 2024If you put the wrong emphasis on one of the syllables of a word, you can get into trouble and be considered illiterate.
Pavel Gospodarik Top news Russian language stress in words meaning People and Events 27 May 2024This word, denoting an object of worship, came into the Russian language from French.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words stress in words mistakes in words People and Events 18 April 2024This unusual word refers to an object with holes that can be found in every kitchen.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words mistakes mistakes in words People and Events 17 April 2024This slang became entrenched in the Russian language during the war in Afghanistan.
Timur Khomichev USSR Russian language words jargon People and Events 16 April 2024This word is one of the most frequently used in the Russian language.
Timur Khomichev Russian language words stress in words mistakes People and Events 14 April 2024There is a word in the world that has 189,918 letters, making it the longest word in history. This word is the chemical name for the protein titin, which is responsible for muscle elasticity.
Elena Shimanovskaya record Guinness Book of Records the longest word the biggest word Records and anti-records 4 April 2024Analogues of this word in other languages do not convey the full depth of meaning.
Timur Khomichev words meaning of words Russian language languages People and Events 3 April 2024A word consisting of 65 letters has been deleted from the German dictionary.
Igor Zur foreign language law Germany interesting facts Germany News Records and anti-records 2 April 2024There are many words in the Russian language that are difficult to explain to foreigners.
Timur Khomichev language Russian language languages words People and Events 2 April 2024Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary gives three definitions of the word "podzor".
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