передо

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲerʲɪdə]

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲerʲɪdɐ] (before a stressed syllable)

пе́редо • (péredo) [with instrumental]

1. alternative form of пе́ред (péred): in front of, before

   пе́редо мно́й ― péredo mnój ― in front of me

   • 1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “II”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:

     О́браз молодо́й де́вушки носи́лся передо мно́ю, се́рдце переста́ло пры́гать, но ка́к-то прия́тно сжима́лось.

     Óbraz molodój dévuški nosílsja peredo mnóju, sérdce perestálo prýgatʹ, no kák-to prijátno sžimálosʹ.

     The image of the young girl floated before me, my heart was no longer leaping, but was full of a sort of sweet oppression.

• This is a variant of пе́ред (péred) which is sometimes used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-).

• предо (predo), (archaic) пред (pred), наперёд (naperjód)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛredɔ]
• Hyphenation: пе‧ре‧до

пе́редо • (péredo) (+ instrumental case)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of пе́реді (péredi)