роль

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rolʲ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -olʲ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rôle, from Latin rotulus (“paper scroll (for actors)”).

Noun

роль • (rolʹ) f inan (genitive ро́ли, nominative plural ро́ли, genitive plural роле́й, related adjective ролево́й)

  1. role, part
    Synonyms: назначе́ние (naznačénije), предназначе́ние (prednaznačénije), фу́нкция (fúnkcija), ми́ссия (míssija)
Declension
Derived terms
  • судовая роль (sudovaja rolʹ, “muster roll of a ship”)
  • ролевик (rolevik)
Descendants
  • → Kazakh: рөл (röl)

Etymology 2

Apparently borrowed from German Rolle (“roll, role”), in turn borrowed from Old French rolle (whence French rôle), from Latin rotulus (“paper scroll”).

Alternative forms

Noun

роль • (rolʹ) f inan (genitive ро́ли, nominative plural ро́ли, genitive plural ро́лей, related adjective ролево́й)

  1. roll (of paper)
Declension

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔlʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

роль • (rolʹ) f inan (genitive ро́лі, nominative plural ро́лі, genitive plural ро́лей)

  1. role, part

Declension

References

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