вокзал

Russian

Alternative forms

• фоксал (foksal), воксал (voksal), воксгал (voksgal) (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Vauxhall (former site of a pleasure garden). The ending was influenced by зал (zal, “hall”). The spelling фоксал (foksal) attested in 1777 is from French facs-hall, from the same English source. The transportation sense derives from an epithet for the Pavlovsk train station building, which at one time served as both a passenger lounge and a place of entertainment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɐɡˈzaɫ]

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Noun

вокза́л • (vokzál) m inan (genitive вокза́ла, nominative plural вокза́лы, genitive plural вокза́лов)

1. (obsolete) park, pleasure garden
   • 1813, Aleksandr Pushkin, To Natalie:

     На гуля́ньях иль в воксалах / Легким зефи́ром лета́л.

     Na guljánʹjax ilʹ v voksalax / Lexkim zefírom letál.

     At fetes and in parks, I've been flitting like a gentle zephyr.

2. (transport) station, terminal (with a building for passenger facilities)
   1. train station, railroad station, railway station, depot (with a building for passenger facilities)

Declension

Declension of вокза́л (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	вокза́л vokzál	вокза́лы vokzály
genitive	вокза́ла vokzála	вокза́лов vokzálov
dative	вокза́лу vokzálu	вокза́лам vokzálam
accusative	вокза́л vokzál	вокза́лы vokzály
instrumental	вокза́лом vokzálom	вокза́лами vokzálami
prepositional	вокза́ле vokzále	вокза́лах vokzálax

Synonyms

• ста́нция f (stáncija)

Derived terms

• автовокза́л (avtovokzál)
• аэровокза́л (aerovokzál)
• железнодоро́жный вокза́л (železnodoróžnyj vokzál)
• морско́й вокза́л (morskój vokzál)
• речно́й вокза́л (rečnój vokzál)

See also

• желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga)
• по́езд (pójezd)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вокзал”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “вокзал”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “вокзал”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 135b

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wɔɡˈzaɫ]

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Noun

вокза́л • (vokzál) m inan (genitive вокза́лу, nominative plural вокза́ли)

1. train station, railroad station, railway station, depot

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вокзал”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka