котёл
See also: котел
Russian
Alternative forms
- котёлъ (kotjól) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotьlъ, from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), from Latin catillus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈtʲɵɫ]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɵl
Noun
котёл • (kotjól) m inan (genitive котла́, nominative plural котлы́, genitive plural котло́в, relational adjective коте́льный or котлово́й, diminutive котело́к)
- cauldron
- 1923, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “X. Красная палочка”, in Столица в блокноте; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
- Москва́ — котёл: в нём ва́рят но́вую жизнь.
- Moskvá — kotjól: v njom várjat nóvuju žiznʹ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (engineering) boiler (closed vessel for generating steam or heating water)
- shared supply of food
- корми́ться из о́бщего котла́ ― kormítʹsja iz óbščevo kotlá ― to eat together, to share from the same pot
- (military) A very large encirclement; pocket, entrapment
- (card games, slang) pot (money available to be won in a card hand)
Declension
Derived terms
- котело́к m (kotelók)
- коте́льная f (kotélʹnaja)
- коте́льный (kotélʹnyj)
- котлова́н m (kotlován)
- котлови́на f (kotlovína)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “котёл”, 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.