The Russian word "catalogue" is found in everyday speech quite often. But are all aspects of its meaning and use known? In this article, we will provide information about the origin of this word, its meaning and clarify which syllable is stressed.
Catalog: the origin of the word
Many words ending in "log" have Greek roots. "Catalogue" comes from the Greek word κατάλογος, which is translated into modern Russian as "list".
Catalog is…
To clarify the meaning of this polysemantic word, let's open an explanatory dictionary or a dictionary of borrowed words.
The directory is:
- A list or list of any documents or items, compiled in a certain order.
- A list listing any items.
- A file system object on a computer whose function is to make it easier to find files or folders.
Morphological characteristics, declension
Regardless of the meaning, a catalog is a common noun, inanimate masculine noun, second declension.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | What? | The first catalog appeared a long time ago. | Catalogues scattered on the floor. |
| Genitive | What? | To compile a catalog, it is necessary to collect all possible information. | There are no catalogs in this closet. |
| Dative | What? | To find a little-known star in the sky, you can consult the star catalog. | Today's lecture and go through the catalogs. |
| Accusative | What? | With so many textbooks, the devil will break his leg, you need to make a catalog. | It's so boring to read and correct directories. |
| Instrumental | What? | Programmers worked all night on the updated catalog. | Catalogs won't fix things here. |
| Prepositional case | About what? | The catalog contains all the models of the winter collection. | This is not allowed in current directories. |
Correct stress
The noun "catalog" consists of seven letters and seven sounds, that is, each letter names one sound in this word. Every student is familiar with the rule: "How many vowels -so many syllables". The noun studied in the article has three vowels, therefore, it consists of three syllables: ka-ta-log.
If there is more than one syllable, only one of them is pronounced with an accent, the rest are unstressed.
Remember: in the word "catalog" the stress falls on the third syllable.
Synonyms
Synonyms are words that sound and are spelled differently but have the same or similar meaning.
The directory is:
- Price List: You will have to pay everything according to the price list.
- List: Alina and Marina, list of animal books due next Friday.
- List: Please announce the entire list.
- Section: Which section to look for a photo file?
- Registry: Which button to press to display the registry?
- Index: This information is unlikely to be found in indexes.
- List: The list of cities is far from complete.
- Card file: To learn how to make a competent and varied menu, we advise you to make a card file of dishes that you know how to cook.
- Prospect: Petr Pavlovich lost brochures with information about all the hotels in the city and now did not know where to go.
Phrases with the noun "catalogue"
To form literate phrases with any word, you need to have an idea of what other words it combines with.
Adjectives and participles (what a directory might be):
Complete, Incomplete, Exhaustive, File, New, Old, Obsolete, Updated, Star, Book, Fashion, Building, Root, Current, Slave, Library, Book, Illustrated, B&W, Printed, Handwritten, Homemade, summary, short, long, thematic, general, electronic, paper, whole, detailed, concise, thick, weighty, special, special, remarkable, ordinary, unremarkable, republished, color, decorated, professional, open, closed, blocked, promotional, foreign, glossy, vintage, working, non-working, current, irrelevant, museum, exhibition, fresh, last year, regular, different, last, secret, official, unofficial, large, small, neat, shabby, sealed, torn, rumpled, systematic, unsystematic, branded, simple, grocery, commercial, industrial, textile, general, floral.
Verbs (what can and can be done):
Lie, open, close, help, show, tell, compose, rewrite, study, differ, distinguish, print, fill, fill, organize, take, compress, expand.
Numerals (how much, which count):
One, two, ten, twenty-seven, one, two, twenty-seven.
Pronouns (whose, what):
Mine, yours, his, theirs, ours, some, none.
Nouns (what):
Files, flowers, books, models, newspapers, teachers, sweets, meals, songs,works, weapons, textiles, materials, artifacts, fossils, films, inventions.
