samovar

From Russian самова́р (samovár, “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæməvɑː(ɹ)/

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samovar (plural samovars)

1. A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 107

     Come on now with the samovar ─ and make haste sorting the letter-bag.

   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business‎^[1]:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. […] Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka. Then she fetched the samovar from the kitchen, and made tea.

• simavar
• səmavar

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

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• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧var

samovar (definite accusative samovarı, plural samovarlar)

1. samovar

• “samovar” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár). By surface analysis, samo- (“self-”) +‎ vařit (“to boil”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamovar]
• Rhymes: -ovar
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧var

samovar m inan (diminutive samovárek)

1. samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

   Coordinate terms: čajovar, kávovar

• “samovar”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “samovar”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “samovar”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

• IPA^(key): /sa.mɔ.vaʁ/

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samovar m (plural samovars)

1. samovar

• “samovar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French samovar, from Russian самова́р (samovár).

samovar m (plural samovares)

1. samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

Borrowed from Russian самовар (samovar); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).

samovar n (plural samovare)

1. samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár, literally “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) +‎ вари́ть (varítʹ, “to boil, cook”).

• IPA^(key): /sâmoʋaːr/

sȁmovār m inan (Cyrillic spelling са̏мова̄р)

1. samovar

• IPA^(key): /samoˈbaɾ/ [sa.moˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧var

samovar m (plural samovares)

1. samovar

• “samovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Russian самова́р (samovár).

samovar (plural samovarlar)

1. samovar (metal urn used to make tea)