Cernobyl

Cernobyl

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛr.no.bil/
      • Rhymes: -ɛrnobil
    • IPA(key): /t͡ʃer.noˈbil/[1]
      • Rhymes: -il
    • IPA(key): (elevated style) /t͡ʃirˈnɔ.biʎ/*
      • Rhymes: -ɔbiʎ

    Proper noun

    Cernobyl ?

    1. Chernobyl (an abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, site of a major 1986 nuclear accident)

    References

    1. ^ Chernobil in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)