бронебойный

Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1889 [see citations]. броня́ (bronjá) +‎ -е- (-e-) +‎ бой (boj) +‎ -ный (-nyj), calque of German panzerbrechend [Arapova].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [brənʲɪˈbojnɨj]

Adjective

бронебо́йный • (bronebójnyj)

  1. armour-piercing

Declension

Derived terms

  • бронебо́йщик (bronebójščik)

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бронебойный”, 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 60