тусовка

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. Thought to be related to тасова́ть (tasovátʹ, “to shuffle (cards)”), which is from French tasser (“to pile together”), from tas (“pile, heap”). Alternatively, thought to derive from French tous (“everyone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊˈsofkə]

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Noun

тусо́вка • (tusóvka) f inan (genitive тусо́вки, nominative plural тусо́вки, genitive plural тусо́вок, relational adjective тусо́вочный)

1. informal party for young people, get-together, "tusovka"
2. (colloquial) a group of people with a common interest, such as musicians, artists

Declension

Declension of тусо́вка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тусо́вка tusóvka	тусо́вки tusóvki
genitive	тусо́вки tusóvki	тусо́вок tusóvok
dative	тусо́вке tusóvke	тусо́вкам tusóvkam
accusative	тусо́вку tusóvku	тусо́вки tusóvki
instrumental	тусо́вкой, тусо́вкою tusóvkoj, tusóvkoju	тусо́вками tusóvkami
prepositional	тусо́вке tusóvke	тусо́вках tusóvkax

Synonyms

• вечери́нка (večerínka)

Related terms

• ту́са (túsa)
• тусова́ться (tusovátʹsja)