еталон

Bulgarian

Etymology

Ultimately from French étalon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɐˈɫɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification^(key): е‧та‧лон
• Hyphenation^(key): ета‧лон

Noun

етало́н • (etalón) m

1. (metrology) standard, reference (an example used for measurement, calibration, etc.)
2. (figuratively, literary, singular only) standard (something or someone used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model)

   Synonym: идеал (ideal)

Declension

Declension of етало́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	етало́н etalón	етало́ни etalóni
definite (subject form)	етало́нът etalónǎt	етало́ните etalónite
definite (object form)	етало́на etalóna
count form	—	етало́на etalóna

References

• “еталон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “еталон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛtaˈɫɔn]

Noun

етало́н • (etalón) m (plural етало́ни)

1. standard, reference

Declension

Declension of еталон

	singular	plural
indefinite	еталон (etalon)	еталони (etaloni)
definite unspecified	еталонот (etalonot)	еталоните (etalonite)
definite proximal	еталонов (etalonov)	еталониве (etalonive)
definite distal	еталонон (etalonon)	еталонине (etalonine)
vocative	еталону (etalonu)	еталони (etaloni)
count form	—	еталона (etalona)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French étalon, from Old French estalon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [etɐˈɫɔn]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

етало́н • (etalón) m inan (genitive етало́на, nominative plural етало́ни, genitive plural етало́нів, relational adjective етало́нний)

1. (metrology) standard (an example used for measurement, calibration, etc.)
2. (figurative) standard (something or someone used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model)

   Near-synonyms: міри́ло n (mirýlo), взіре́ць m (vzirécʹ)

Declension

Declension of етало́н
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	етало́н etalón	етало́ни etalóny
genitive	етало́на etalóna	етало́нів etalóniv
dative	етало́нові, етало́ну etalónovi, etalónu	етало́нам etalónam
accusative	етало́н etalón	етало́ни etalóny
instrumental	етало́ном etalónom	етало́нами etalónamy
locative	етало́ні etalóni	етало́нах etalónax
vocative	етало́не etalóne	етало́ни etalóny

See also

• станда́рт m (standárt, “standard (level of quality)”)

References

• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “еталон”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 675
• “еталон”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1971), “еталон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Г – Ж), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 490
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “еталон”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “еталон”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “еталон”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “еталон”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]