Russian

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Etymology

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From ве́чный (véčnyj)-о- (-o-)зелёный (zeljónyj), a calque of German immergrün.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˌvʲet͡ɕnəzʲɪˈlʲɵnɨj]
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Adjective

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вечнозелёный (večnozeljónyj) (no comparative)

  1. evergreen

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References

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  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “вечнозелёный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 65