vinok
Syllables: vin·ok/vɪˈnɒk/US/vɪˈnɑk/
vinok noun: a traditional Ukrainian wreath chiefly decorated with flowers and other plant parts, which is worn by women and girls as a headdress.
Noun
vinok (plural vinoks)
- A traditional Ukrainian wreath chiefly decorated with flowers and other plant parts, which is worn by women and girls as a headdress.
- [T]he unmarried young woman's headdress, the vinok (wreath or garland) of natural or artificial flowers, […] was worn by maidens (divky, divchata), i.e., virgins, eligible for marriage. In pre-Christian times, it was believed that a vinok protected girls from the "nechysta syla" (the unclean, i.e....1999 August 1, Orysia Paszczak Tracz, “The Things We Do … Vinok, Vinochok”, in The Ukrainian Weekly, volume LXVII, number 31, Jersey City, N.J.: Ukrainian National Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
- These days, vinoks are sold almost everywhere in Kyiv, even the gray, dilapidated Soviet spaceship-type bazaars on the outskirts of the city's main center, where they sit alongside pale pigs heads, mounds of beef, fresh fish, fake Adidas tracksuits, neon puffer coats, and rows of pantyhose. […]...2016 February 5, Liana Satenstein, “In Ukraine, that Flower Crown Means More than You Think”, in Anna Wintour, editor, Vogue, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC
Examples of vinok in a sentence
- [T]he unmarried young woman's headdress, the vinok (wreath or garland) of natural or artificial flowers, […] was worn by maidens (divky, divchata), i.e., virgins, eligible for marriage.1999 August 1, Orysia Paszczak Tracz, “The Things We Do … Vinok, Vinochok”, in The Ukrainian Weekly, volume LXVII, number 31, Jersey City...
- Now even ordinary people wear vyshyvanka at weddings and vinok as well," she says.2016 February 5, Liana Satenstein, “In Ukraine, that Flower Crown Means More than You Think”, in Anna Wintour, editor, Vogue, New York...
Forms of vinok
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Origin of vinok
Borrowed from Ukrainian віно́к (vinók), from Old East Slavic вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to plait, twist, weave, wind”)) + *-ъkъ (diminutive suffix).
Words that rhyme with vinok
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
Questions about vinok
- What does vinok mean?
- Vinok means a traditional Ukrainian wreath chiefly decorated with flowers and other plant parts, which is worn by women and girls as a headdress.
- How do you use vinok in a sentence?
- [T]he unmarried young woman's headdress, the vinok (wreath or garland) of natural or artificial flowers, […] was worn by maidens (divky, divchata), i.e., virgins, eligible for marriage.
- What part of speech is vinok?
- Vinok is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vinok?
- Vinok is pronounced /vɪˈnɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vinok?
- The plural of vinok is vinoks.
Words near vinok in the dictionary
Source and license
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