викторина

Russian

Etymology

First appeared in the Russian magazine Ogoniok in 1928. Mikhail Koltsov, the magazine's founder, applied the term to a selection of puzzles in the magazine. He had named the feature after a fellow employee who prepared the feature, Viktor Mikulin (Виктор Микулин).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪktɐˈrʲinə]

Noun

виктори́на (viktorína) f inan (genitive виктори́ны, nominative plural виктори́ны, genitive plural виктори́н)

  1. quiz (a competition in the answering of questions)

Declension

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