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My personal favourite is sportsmenki which means female athletes. The corresponding word for male athletes is sportsmeny and the singular for a male athlete is
by memracom 10y ago
My personal favourite is sportsmenki which means female athletes. The corresponding word for male athletes is sportsmeny and the singular for a male athlete is sportsmen.
- dotancohen 10y agoDon't forget businesswoman: "Businessmenka"
- vbezhenar 10y agoIt could be used as a joke, but don't use that word seriously, it could offend. It's either businesswoman (with Russian pronunciation "бизнес-вумэн") or something like "предпренимательница" (enterpreneur-woman).
- dotancohen 10y agoThanks, I did not know that. My Russian is not very good, and this is a word that I've heard in a serious setting. I've never had opportunity or need to use it, though.
- type0 10y agoThat sounds as something ppl would only use in the early 90s