Lenin
English
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of the friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪn
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Lenin
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.
- 2011, Christine Dwyer Hickey, The Cold Eye of Heaven, Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 117:
- 'He means the other Lennon,' Slowey's voice said. ' John Lennon from the Beatles.' And Farley saw him then, on the bend of the counter smoking a cigar. Slowey then turned to the barman, '... and he means the other Lenin, you know, the Russian revolutionary?'
Translations
a Russian revolutionary and politician
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Further reading
- “Lenin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Lenin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Lenin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Lenin”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Catalan
Chechen
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlenin/
References
- Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1929) Самоучитель чеченского языка [Self-teaching book of the Chechen language], Grozny: Typographic-literary publishing house of the newspaper “Serlo”, Krainatsizdat, page 17
Czech
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- leninismus
- leninista
- leninistický
- leninský
Further reading
- Lenin in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːniːn/, (less often) /ˈleːnɪn/
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.nin/, /ˈljɛ.nin/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛnin
- Hyphenation: Lè‧nin
References
- Lenin in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Ле́нин (Lénin), probably due to the use of a passport of the friend, Nikolay Lenin, whose surname originated from the Siberian Lena river. It is commonly believed that the Lena derives its name from the original Even-Evenk name Elyu-Ene, which means "the Large River".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɲin/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɲin
- Syllabification: Le‧nin
Declension
Further reading
- Lenin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Romanian
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