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одинокий

Translation of одинокий

lonely

Russian word in Latin letters: odinokiy

Meaning of одинокий

Russian

грустный из-за отсутствия друзей или общения

English

unhappy because you have no friends or company

lonely

Pronunciation

Russian · Male
[ɐdʲɪˈnokʲɪj]
Russian · Female

Traps and common mistakes

Одинокий or один?

один

один = alone, without others (not always sad)

Don't mix them up. Without other people — один; sad because of that — одинокий.

Я люблю гулять один.

I like walking alone.

Дома без друзей он чувствовал себя одиноким.

At home without friends he felt lonely.

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Translate these short sentences from English into Russian using the word you are learning. Then open one possible answer and compare it with yours. This is practice, not a test.

  1. He felt lonely after the move.

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    После переезда он чувствовал себя одиноким.

  2. She is a lonely old woman.

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    Она одинокая пожилая женщина.

одинокий synonyms

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What's the difference between одинокий and одиноко

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одиноко

Мне одиноко = I feel lonely; very common.

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What does одинокий mean?

unhappy because you have no friends or company

How do you pronounce одинокий?

одинокий is pronounced [ɐdʲɪˈnokʲɪj], in Latin letters “odinokiy”.

How is одинокий used in a sentence?

He felt lonely after the move. Translation: После переезда он чувствовал себя одиноким.

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