куранты

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French courante. Sense development: “music” → “chimes” → “chiming clock”. Several steps omitting from Latin currō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʊˈrantɨ]

Noun

кура́нты • (kuránty) m inan pl (genitive кура́нтов, plural only)

  1. chiming clock, chimes

Declension

Declension of кура́нты (inan pl-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative кура́нты
kuránty
genitive кура́нтов
kurántov
dative кура́нтам
kurántam
accusative кура́нты
kuránty
instrumental кура́нтами
kurántami
prepositional кура́нтах
kurántax
Borrowed

Derived from Latin currō (cursus):

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