samovar
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Russian самовар (samovár, “self-boiler”); from само (“self”) + варить (“"to boil" or "to cook"”)
Noun [edit]
samovar (plural samovars)
- A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 107
- Come on now with the samovar - and make haste sorting the letter-bag.
- 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, Friday's Business[1]:
- Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. […] Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka. Then she fetched the samovar from the kitchen, and made tea.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 107
Translations [edit]
metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Russian самовар.
Noun [edit]
samovar m (plural samovars)
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Russian самовар (samovar), literally “self-boiler”; from само (samo) “self” + варить (varit') “to boil” or “to cook”.
Noun [edit]
samovar m (Cyrillic spelling самовар)
