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How to say "stone" in Russian

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камень

Meaning: stone, rock

Pronunciation: [KAH-mehn']

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #475 (see frequency list)

Underwater rocks are very beautiful. Photo by nicoboxethai.

Example sentences:

Что э́то за ка́мень?
What kind of stone is this?
Ма́льчик бро́сил ка́мень в о́зеро.
The boy threw a stone into the lake.
Зо́лото и серебро́ -- о́чень популя́рные драгоце́нные ка́мни.
Gold and silver are very popular precious stones.
Два больши́х ка́мня перегороди́ли путь.
Two large stones blocked the way.
Подво́дные ка́мни о́чень краси́вы.
Reefs are very beautiful.
literal Underwater rocks are very beautiful.
Камнепа́д -- э́то большо́е коли́чество камне́й, па́дающих с высоты́ при высо́кой ско́рости.
Rockfall is a large number of stones falling from the height at fast speed.
Ка́ждый ме́сяц к его́ моги́льному ка́мню прихо́дят друзья́.
Every month, friends come to his gravestone.
Де́вушка ста́ла ка́мнем преткнове́ния ме́жду друзья́ми де́тства.
The girl became a stumbling block between the friends of childhood.
Моё се́рдце -- как ка́мень.
My heart is like a stone.
Филосо́фский ка́мень -- ра́дость для ка́ждого учёного.
The philosophers' stone is a joy to every scientist.

Idioms and set expressions:

драгоце́нный ка́мень = precious stone
подво́дный ка́мень = reef, rock; pitfall
literal underwater stone
моги́льный ка́мень = gravestone
ка́мень преткнове́ния = stumbling-block

Case

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