English

A conical urn-shaped silver-plated samovar

Noun

samovar ‎(plural samovars)

1. A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 107

     Come on now with the samovar - and make haste sorting the letter-bag.

   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 20, in Friday's Business:

     Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. […] Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka. Then she fetched the samovar from the kitchen, and made tea.

Translations

French

Etymology

Russian самова́р ‎(samovár).

Noun

samovar m ‎(plural samovars)

1. samovar

Portuguese

Etymology

From French samovar, from Russian самова́р ‎(samovár).

Noun

samovar m (plural samovares)

1. samovar (metal urn used to make tea)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian самова́р ‎(samovár), literally “self-boiler”; from само́ ‎(samó) “self” + вари́ть ‎(varítʹ) “to boil” or “to cook”.

Noun

samovar m ‎(Cyrillic spelling самовар)

1. samovar