кушать

Russian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic въкѹшати (vŭkušati), from Proto-Slavic *kušati. Cognate with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan, to taste, to sample)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkuʂətʲ]
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Verb

ку́шать (kúšatʹ) impf (perfective поку́шать or ску́шать)

  1. (of a guest, woman or child) to eat, to have (a meal)

Usage notes

The word кушать is used in polite invitations to eat when speaking to a woman, a child or especially to a guest. For other occasions the word есть (jestʹ) is used. However in colloquial speech the word кушать is often used instead of есть, which is incorrect.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • вы́кушать (výkušatʹ)
  • доку́шать (dokúšatʹ)
  • наку́шаться (nakúšatʹsja)
  • обку́шаться (obkúšatʹsja)
  • отку́шать (otkúšatʹ)
  • поку́шать (pokúšatʹ)
  • ску́шать (skúšatʹ)
  • ку́шанье (kúšanʹje)
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