опора

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)pora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈporə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

опо́ра • (opóraf inan (genitive опо́ры, nominative plural опо́ры, genitive plural опо́р, relational adjective опо́рный)

  1. support, prop, rest
  2. buttress, pier (anything that serves to support something)
  3. foothold

Declension

Further reading

  • опора in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru