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valenki

/ˈvalənki/

valenki noun: traditional Russian felt boots.

valenki: traditional Russian felt boots
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Noun

valenki pl (normally plural, singular valenok)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Traditional Russian felt boots.
    • With our feet protected from frostbite in our valenki, we were able to walk outside. The valenki came just in time, since the temperature was falling rapidly and the winter was fierce beyond normal.1999, Hanna Davidson Pankowsky, East of the Storm: Outrunning the Holocaust in Russia

Forms of valenki

singularvalenok

Origin of valenki

From Russian ва́ленки (válenki), singular ва́ленок (válenok).

Questions about valenki

What does valenki mean?
Valenki means traditional Russian felt boots.
What part of speech is valenki?
Valenki is a noun.
How do you pronounce valenki?
Valenki is pronounced /ˈvalənki/.

Words near valenki in the dictionary

  1. Valenciennes lace
  2. Valenciennes laces
  3. valencies
  4. valency
  5. Valengin
  6. valenki
  7. valenok
  8. Valens
  9. valent
  10. Valenti
  11. valentia

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