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тормоз

/[ˈtorməs]/
Russiannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    brake, brakes
  2. 2.
    drag
  3. 3.
    slow-witted person, retard
  4. 4.
    slowpoke

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • тормози́ть
  • тормозна́я жи́дкость
  • тормозу́ха
  • тормозно́й путь
Synonyms
  • тугоду́м

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket into which a pin or peg is inserted”), from Proto-Indo-European *tórmos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub, bore, twist”) (whence also Russian тере́ть (terétʹ) See Russian etymological dictionary—Terence R. Wade, Terence Leslie Brian Wade. Oleg Trubachev thinks Greek origin is unlikely. Nikolai Dmitriev suggests adoption from Turkic turmaz ("not stoppable" or "pad for the wheel of waggon"). See «Лексикографический сборник», 3, 1958, p. 45

Forms

  • то́рмозcanonical • inanimate • masculine
  • tórmozromanization
  • то́рмозаgenitive
  • тормозно́йadjective • relational
Nominative
Singular
то́рмоз
Plural
тормоза́
Genitive
Singular
то́рмоза
Plural
тормозо́в
Dative
Singular
то́рмозу
Plural
тормоза́м
Accusative
Singular
то́рмоз
Plural
тормоза́
Instrumental
Singular
то́рмозом
Plural
тормоза́ми
Prepositional
Singular
то́рмозе
Plural
тормоза́х

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