Matryoshka

Translation of "matryoshka" into Russian

Noun

matryoshka

matryoshkas pl

matryoshki pl

Common noun meaning a set of Russian nesting dolls; the primary use in English.

She brought home a painted matryoshka from her trip to Saint Petersburg.

Она привезла домой расписную матрёшку из Санкт-Петербурга.

Adjective

matryoshka

Used attributively to describe something that is nested or layered like a matryoshka doll.

матрёшечный

The project has a matryoshka structure, with smaller tasks embedded in larger ones.

У проекта матрёшечная структура, с меньшими задачами, вложенными в более крупные.

Additional translations

матрёшковый

реже употребляется

Noun

A Russian nesting doll; a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another.

She brought home a painted matryoshka from her trip to Saint Petersburg.

Adjective

Nested or layered in a way that each component is contained within another of similar shape or form.

The project has a matryoshka structure, with smaller tasks embedded in larger ones.