буквальный

Russian

Etymology

From бу́ква (búkva) + -альный (-alʹnyj), a calque of French littéral. First attested in 1780s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʊkˈvalʲnɨj]
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Adjective

буква́льный • (bukválʹnyj)

  1. literal (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation)
    Synonym: досло́вный (doslóvnyj)
    буква́льный перево́дbukválʹnyj perevódliteral translation

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “буквальный”, 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 62
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