кордон

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔrdɔn]

кордон • (kordon) m

1. cordon (troops)
2. barricade tape

Borrowed from Polish kordon, from French cordon (“cord”).

• IPA^(key): [kɐrˈdon]

кордо́н • (kordón) m inan (genitive кордо́на, nominative plural кордо́ны, genitive plural кордо́нов)

1. cordon (troops or guards deployed in a line to encircle or protect an area)
2. (colloquial) border, frontier

   за кордо́ном ― za kordónom ― abroad; across the frontier

3. (military) outpost, pickets, guards detachment

   Synonym: заста́ва (zastáva)

4. ranger station (in a nature preserve)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кордон”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

From Polish kordon, from French cordon (“cord”).

• IPA^(key): [kɔrˈdɔn]

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кордо́н • (kordón) m inan (genitive кордо́ну, nominative plural кордо́ни, genitive plural кордо́нів)

1. border

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кордон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кордон”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka