фужер

Russian

Etymology

Late 19th century after French verre de fougère, a certain quality grade of wine glasses, made from fougère (“fern”) ash, manufactured particularly in the town Fougères having its name from abundance in fern and later a glassware industry by reason of this fern presence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʊˈʐɛr]

Noun

фуже́р • (fužér) m inan (genitive фуже́ра, nominative plural фуже́ры, genitive plural фуже́ров)

1. tall wine glass

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	фуже́р fužér	фуже́ры fužéry
genitive	фуже́ра fužéra	фуже́ров fužérov
dative	фуже́ру fužéru	фуже́рам fužéram
accusative	фуже́р fužér	фуже́ры fužéry
instrumental	фуже́ром fužérom	фуже́рами fužérami
prepositional	фуже́ре fužére	фуже́рах fužérax

References

• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “фужер”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa