дивизион

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Division or Polish dywizjon,[1] from French division, from Latin dīvīsiō. Doublet of диви́зия (divízija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲɪvʲɪzʲɪˈon]
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Noun

дивизио́н • (diviziónm inan (genitive дивизио́на, nominative plural дивизио́ны, genitive plural дивизио́нов, relational adjective дивизио́нный)

  1. (military) battalion (in artillery or cavalry)
  2. (aviation, nautical) squadron

Declension

References

  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “дивизион”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 115

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