I've slowly come to the realisation that there are quite a few French loan-words in Russian. In the interests of boosting vocabulary I thought I'd make up a bit of a list of those I've bumped into during my reading (which doesn't include reading the dictionary). I won't pretend the list is exhaustive:
- Душ
- Шезлонг
- Тротуар
- Велосипед
- Этаж
- Этюд
- Реклама
- Витрина
There are also a few German words which I'll look at next time. Can anyone point out some obvious ones that I've missed ? These are a real breeze to add to the vocabulary if you've studied French before.
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