жалюзи
Russian
Alternative forms
- жалузи (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from French jalousie.
Pronunciation
- жалюзи́: IPA(key): [ʐəlʲʉˈzʲi]
- желюзи́: IPA(key): [ʐɨlʲʉˈzʲi] (phonetic respelling: желюзи́)
- жа́люзи: IPA(key): [ˈʐalʲʉzʲɪ] (proscribed)
Audio: (file)
Noun
жалюзи́ • (žaljuzí) n inan pl (indeclinable)
Usage notes
- The accent pattern "жа́люзи" is non-standard.
- The term is officially indeclinable, can be used as neuter singular or as plural. It can be declinable in non-standard Russian.
Descendants
- → Estonian: žalusii
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “жалузи”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.