пальто

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пальто́ (palʹtó), from French paletot, from Spanish paletoque (“mantlet, short cape”), from Latin palla (“long outer garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰaɮʲˈtʰɔ/
• Syllabification: паль‧то́ (2 syllables)

Noun

пальто • (palʹto) (Mongolian spelling ᠫᠠᠯᠢᠲ᠋ᠣ (palito))

1. coat, overcoat

See also

• пиджак (pidžak)

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paletot, from Spanish paletoque (“mantlet, short cape”), from Latin palla (“long outer garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐlʲˈto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

пальто́ • (palʹtó) n inan (indeclinable, diminutive пальти́шко)

1. overcoat, greatcoat, carrick

   кле́тчатое пальто́ ― klétčatoje palʹtó ― checkered coat

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: палльтэ (pall’te)
• → Mongolian: пальто (palʹto)
• → Karelian: palʹto

See also

• пиджа́к m (pidžák)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paletot, from Spanish paletoque (“mantlet, short cape”), from Latin palla (“long outer garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐlʲˈtɔ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

пальто́ • (palʹtó) n inan (genitive пальта́, nominative plural па́льта, genitive plural пальт)

1. overcoat, greatcoat, carrick

Declension

Declension of пальто́ (inan hard neut-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	пальто́ palʹtó	па́льта pálʹta
genitive	пальта́ palʹtá	пальт palʹt
dative	пальту́ palʹtú	па́льтам pálʹtam
accusative	пальто́ palʹtó	па́льта pálʹta
instrumental	пальто́м palʹtóm	па́льтами pálʹtamy
locative	пальті́ palʹtí	па́льтах pálʹtax
vocative	пальто́ palʹtó	па́льта pálʹta

Usage notes

Some speakers may analyze this word as indeclinable, as it is such in Russian. If declined, this noun has the count form пальта́ when paired with numbers 2, 3, 4 or numbers higher than 20 ending with 2, 3, 4 (unless they end with 12, 13, 14).

See also

• піджа́к m (pidžák)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пальто”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “пальто”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “пальто”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “пальто”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пальто”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)