вечнозелёный

Russian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌvʲet͡ɕnəzʲɪˈlʲɵnɨj]
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Adjective

вечнозелёный • (večnozeljónyj) (no comparative)

  1. evergreen

Declension

References

  • 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