фужер

Russian

Etymology

Late 19th century after French verre de fougère, a certain quality grade of wine glasses, made from fougère (fern) ash, manufactered particularly in the town Fougères having its name from abundance in fern and later a glassware industry by reason of this fern presence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʊˈʐɛr]

Noun

фуже́р (fužér) m inan (genitive фуже́ра, nominative plural фуже́ры, genitive plural фуже́ров)

  1. tall wine glass

Declension

References

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), фужер”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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