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Russian doll en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. One of a set of hollow nesting dolls, usually wooden and decorated.
   • When she opened it he saw her eyes flash to Simon's, saw the tremulous smile and the stroke of her finger down the painted face of the Russian doll. Those dolls that had other dolls inside. 2014, Fiona McArthur, Midwife's Mistletoe Baby, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 97:
2. (figuratively) An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity.
   • Any society is thus like a Russian doll, only much more complicated than this toy, whose inclusions are linear, i.e. unidimensional. A society can be imagined as a multidimensional Russian doll. 2012, G. Bernard, Principia Economica, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:
   • Like a Russian doll, a document within the document within the document follows. This last document is in fact the last part of the document discussed in the previous section: the résumé of the evidence and the verdict. 2015, David d'Avray, Papacy, Monarchy and Marriage 860–1600, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 128:
   • The History of Love by Nicole Krauss has been described as a complex Russian-doll structure; a narrative inside another inside another. The form is fragmented. There are multiple voices, multiple narrative strands set out […] 2014, Julie Armstrong, Experimental Fiction: An Introduction for Readers and Writers, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 173:

Forms

Synonyms

babushka (wooden doll) · matrioshka (wooden doll) · matryoshka (wooden doll) · matrioshka doll (wooden doll) · nesting doll (both senses) · matryoshka doll (wooden doll) · matreshka (wooden doll) · matrëshka (wooden doll)

Translations (89)

ro matrioșca (wooden doll) · ka მატრიოშკები (wooden doll) · lv matrjoška (wooden doll) · he מַטְרִיוֹשְׁקָה (wooden doll) · id matrioska (wooden doll) · sq matrioshka (wooden doll) · uz matryoshka (wooden doll) · fi matrjoshka (wooden doll) · vi múp bê làm tổ (wooden doll) · de Matroschka (wooden doll) · sh матрјошка (wooden doll) · vi búp bê nga (wooden doll) · no matrjosjka (wooden doll) · vi búp bê lồng nhau (wooden doll) · th ตุ๊กตาแม่ลูกดก (wooden doll) · es muñeca rusa (wooden doll) · pt matryoshka (wooden doll) · szl matrjoszka (wooden doll) · bg матрьошка (wooden doll) · ar مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا (wooden doll) · pl matrioszka (wooden doll) · ca nina russa (wooden doll) · da matrjosjka (wooden doll) · de Matrjoschka (wooden doll) · pt matrioshka (wooden doll) · tr matruşka (wooden doll) · fr poupée russe (wooden doll) · cs matrjoška (wooden doll) · fr poupée gigogne (wooden doll) · sh bàbuška (wooden doll) · no matruska (wooden doll) · eo matrjoŝka pupo (wooden doll) · az matryoşka (wooden doll) · eu matrioxka (wooden doll) · et matrjoška (wooden doll) · el μπάμπουσκα (wooden doll) · no matrusjka (wooden doll) · sv babusjka (wooden doll) · it matriosca (wooden doll) · da babusjka (wooden doll) · nl matroesjka (wooden doll) · ru матрёшка (wooden doll) · cmn 俄羅斯套娃 /俄罗斯套娃 (wooden doll) · ms matryoshka (wooden doll) · ca matrioixca (wooden doll) · sv rysk docka (wooden doll) · eo matrjoŝko (wooden doll) · el μπαμπούσκα (wooden doll) · ro matrioșka (wooden doll) · mk бабушка (wooden doll) · fi maatuska (wooden doll) · sh matrjoška (wooden doll) · io enboxa pupeo (wooden doll) · it matrioska (wooden doll) · ja マトリョーシカ (wooden doll) · hu matrjoska (wooden doll) · fa ماتروشکا (wooden doll) · sv matrjosjka (wooden doll) · fr matriochka (wooden doll) · uk матрьо́шка (wooden doll) · es matrioska (wooden doll) · be матро́шка (wooden doll) · ka მატრიოშკა (wooden doll) · ko 마트료시카 (wooden doll) · sk matrioška (wooden doll) · pt boneca russa (wooden doll) · eu errusiar panpina (wooden doll) · da russisk dukke (wooden doll) · de Matrioschka (wooden doll) · de Babuschka-Puppe (wooden doll) · el ματριόσκα (wooden doll) · kmr matryoşka (wooden doll) · sl babuška (wooden doll) · mk матрјо́шка (wooden doll) · yue 俄羅斯公仔 /俄罗斯公仔 (wooden doll) · pt matriosca (wooden doll) · nl Russische pop (wooden doll) · hy մատրյոշկա (wooden doll) · sq kukulla ruse (wooden doll) · oc matrïoshca (wooden doll) · th มาโตรชก้า (wooden doll) · uk мотрі́́йка (wooden doll) · sl matrioška (wooden doll) · ml മത്ര്യോഷ്ക പാവ (wooden doll) · sh ба̀бушка (wooden doll) · nl baboesjka (wooden doll) · kmr matruşka (wooden doll) · scn matriosca (wooden doll) · ar دُمْيَةُ رُوسِيَّة (wooden doll)