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To a point of pedantry, it's диноЗавр. Also, холодильник would be transliterated something like kholodeelnik. But you always have to be aware of "false friend
by Fins 9y ago
To a point of pedantry, it's диноЗавр.
Also, холодильник would be transliterated something like kholodeelnik.
But you always have to be aware of "false friends". Russian магазин (magazin) does not mean what one might think it does.
- tomsmeding 9y agoKnowing French, though, and thinking that "magazin" will probably sound more like "magasin" than "magasine", the meaning wasn't entirely unexpected.
- Fins 9y agoYes. Russian did borrow quite a few words from French. Just goes to show that even between English and French, same alphabet or not, just because a word looks familiar it does not mean that one can guess the meaning correctly.