вокзал

• вокза́лъ (vokzál) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• фокса́л (foksál), вокса́л (voksál), воксга́л (voksgál) – obsolete

Borrowed from English Vauxhall (former site of a pleasure garden). The ending was influenced by зал (zal, “hall”). The spelling фоксал (foksal) attested in 1777 is from French facs-hall, from the same English source. The transportation sense derives from an epithet for the Pavlovsk train station building, which at one time served as both a passenger lounge and a place of entertainment.

• IPA^(key): [vɐɡˈzaɫ]

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вокза́л • (vokzál) m inan (genitive вокза́ла, nominative plural вокза́лы, genitive plural вокза́лов, related adjective вокза́льный, diminutive вокза́льчик, augmentative вокза́лище, pejorative вокза́лишко)

1. (obsolete) park, pleasure garden
   • 1813, Aleksandr Pushkin, To Natalie:

     На гуля́ньях иль в воксалах / Легким зефи́ром лета́л.

     Na guljánʹjax ilʹ v voksalax / Lexkim zefírom letál.

     At fetes and in parks, I've been flitting like a gentle zephyr.

2. (transport) station, terminal (with a building for passenger facilities)

   Synonym: ста́нция f (stáncija)

   1. train station, railroad station, railway station, depot (with a building for passenger facilities)

• автовокза́л (avtovokzál)
• аэровокза́л (aerovokzál)
• железнодоро́жный вокза́л (železnodoróžnyj vokzál)
• морско́й вокза́л (morskój vokzál)
• речно́й вокза́л (rečnój vokzál)

• желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga)
• по́езд (pójezd)

• Anikin, A. E. (2014), “вокза́л”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 8 (во – вран), Moscow: V. Vinogradov Rus. Lang. Inst., →ISBN, page 118
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “вокза́л”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “вокза́л”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 162
• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010), “вокзал”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 135

Borrowed from Russian вокза́л (vokzál), further borrowed from English Vauxhall.

• IPA^(key): [wɔɡˈzaɫ]

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вокза́л • (vokzál) m inan (genitive вокза́лу, nominative plural вокза́ли, genitive plural вокза́лів)

1. train station, railroad station, railway station, depot

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вокзал”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “вокзал”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN