кипяток

Russian

Etymology

кипяти́ть (kipjatítʹ) + -о́к (-ók)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲɪpʲɪˈtok]
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Noun

кипято́к (kipjatók) m inan (genitive кипятка́, nominative plural кипятки́, genitive plural кипятко́в)

  1. boiling water
    P. Yershov, The Humpback Horse :
    Я кончаюсь, Горбунок: Царь велит мне в кипяток!
    Ja končajusʹ, Gorbunok: Carʹ velit mne v kipjatok!
    I'm going to be ended, Humpback: The king orders me [to dive] into boiling water!
    Перепел падал, как ошпаренный кипятком.
    Perepel padal, kak ošparennyj kipjatkom.
    The quail fell down as if scalded with boiling water.
  2. (specifically) hot water served as a hot beverage
  3. (rare, colloquial) water that was boiled and then cooled to room temperature
  4. (colloquial) a hot-tempered person

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