описать

Russian

Etymology 1

о- (o-) + писа́ть (pisátʹ, to write)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐpʲɪˈsatʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

описа́ть • (opisátʹ) pf (imperfective опи́сывать)

  1. to describe, to depict, to portray (to represent in words)
  2. to make / take an inventory (of), to inventory
  3. (mathematics) to describe, to circumscribe
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

о- (o-) + пи́сать (písatʹ, to pee, to piss)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈpʲisətʲ]

Verb

опи́сать • (opísatʹ) pf (imperfective опи́сывать)

  1. to urinate (on something)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • описать in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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