васисдас

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French vasistas (transom window, fortochka), from German Was ist das? (What is that?).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

васисда́с (vasisdásm inan (genitive васисда́са, nominative plural васисда́сы, genitive plural васисда́сов)

  1. (obsolete) (colloquial) small inspection window

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “васисдас”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress