экскурсовод

Russian

Etymology

From экску́рсия (ekskúrsija, “tour”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ води́ть (vodítʹ, “to guide, to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪkskʊrsɐˈvot]

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Noun

экскурсово́д • (ekskursovód) m anim (genitive экскурсово́да, nominative plural экскурсово́ды, genitive plural экскурсово́дов)

1. guide (a trained specialist who leads guided tours at a museum or other location of interest)

Usage notes

Russian has two terms corresponding to tour guide: гид (gid) and экскурсово́д (ekskursovód). These are partially synonymous, but have different accents:

• гид (gid) is usually a generalist, offering tours for a variety of museums and locations of interest;
• экскурсово́д (ekskursovód) is usually a knowledgeable specialist, working at only one specific museum.

Declension

Declension of экскурсово́д (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	экскурсово́д ekskursovód	экскурсово́ды ekskursovódy
genitive	экскурсово́да ekskursovóda	экскурсово́дов ekskursovódov
dative	экскурсово́ду ekskursovódu	экскурсово́дам ekskursovódam
accusative	экскурсово́да ekskursovóda	экскурсово́дов ekskursovódov
instrumental	экскурсово́дом ekskursovódom	экскурсово́дами ekskursovódami
prepositional	экскурсово́де ekskursovóde	экскурсово́дах ekskursovódax