Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "feeling" in Russian

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чувство

Meaning: feeling, sense

Pronunciation: [CHOOS-tvuh]

Part of speech: noun (neuter noun)

Rank: #401 (see frequency list)

The sense of humour is an important quality for me.
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Example sentences:

У негó прекрácное чу́вство врéмени.
He has a wonderful sense of time.
У человéка пять чувств.
A person has five senses.
Каки́е чу́вства ты испы́тываешь к ней?
What do you feel about her?
literal What feelings do you have towards her?
Для меня́ чу́вство ю́мора - óчень вáжное кáчество.
The sense of humour is an important quality for me.
Нéкоторые совершéнно лишены́ не тóлько чу́вства чécти, но и чу́вства дóлга и чу́вства отвéтственности.
Some are deprived not only of the sense of honour, but also of the sense of duty and responsibility.
Он читáл Маякóвского с чу́вством.
He was reciting Mayakovski with abandon.
literal He was reciting Mayakovski with feeling.
В ней рáзвито чу́вство прекрáсного.
She has a strong feeling for beautiful.
literal The feeling for beautiful is developed in her.
Внезáпно онá лиши́лась чувств.
Suddenly she fainted.
Дéвушка растрóгалась от избы́тка чувств.
The girl was overcome with emotion.
literal The girl was touched by excess of feelings.
Никогдá не игрáйте чу́вствами.
Never play with feelings.

Idioms and set expressions:

пять чувств = five feelings
óрганы чувств = organs of sense
чу́вство бóли = sense of pain
чу́вство жáлости = feeling of pity
чу́вство гóрдости = feeling of pride
чу́вство ю́мора = sense of humour
чу́вство прекрácного = sense of beauty
чу́вство отвéтственности = sense of responsibility
чу́вство меры = sense of proportion
чу́вство долга = sense of duty
чу́вство чести = sense of honour
прийти в чу́вство = come to oneself
без чувств = unconscious
упасть без чувств = faint
шестое чу́вство = the sixth sense

Related words:

чу́вствовать = feel
чу́вствительный = sensitive
ощущéние = sensation, feeling

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	чу́вство	чу́вства
Genitive	чу́вства	чу́вств
Dative	чу́вству	чу́вствам
Accusative	чу́вство	чу́вства
Instrumental	чу́вством	чу́вствами
Prepositional	чу́встве	чу́вствах

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