different between troika vs bazooka

English

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (trójka, “a group of three”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t???.k?/

Noun

troika (plural troikas)

1. A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
2. A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Russian contexts.

Synonyms

• (group of three): threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio
• (council of three): See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• (council of three): See Thesaurus:government

Translations

Indonesian

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (trójka, “a group of three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?roi?ka]
• Hyphenation: troi?ka

Noun

troika (plural dokar-dokar, first-person possessive troikaku, second-person possessive troikamu, third-person possessive troikanya)

1. (troika) troika: a Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.

   Synonyms: andong, bendi, bogi, cikar, delman, dokar, pedati, sado

Further reading

• “troika” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Noun

troika f (plural troikas)

1. troika (Russian carriage)

Spanish

Noun

troika f (plural troikas)

1. troika

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??zu?k?/
• Rhymes: -u?k?

Etymology 1

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”).

Noun

bazooka (plural bazookas)

1. (music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
2. (weaponry) A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
3. (by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
4. (slang, sexuality) A woman's breast.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of Spanish bazuco, basuco, derived from base. Doublet of basuco.

Noun

bazooka (uncountable)

1. (slang) Crack cocaine.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba??zu.ka?/
• Hyphenation: ba?zoo?ka

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazooka's, diminutive bazookaatje n)

1. bazooka (antitank weapon)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zu.ka/

Noun

bazooka m (plural bazookas)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)