"Russian doll" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Russian dolls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Russian doll (plural Russian dolls)
  1. One of a set of hollow nesting dolls, usually wooden and decorated. Categories (topical): Toys Categories (place): Russia Synonyms (both senses): nesting doll Synonyms (wooden doll): matryoshka, matreshka, matrëshka, matrioshka, matrioshka doll, matryoshka doll, babushka Translations (wooden doll): matrioshka [feminine] (Albanian), kukulla ruse [feminine] (Albanian), مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا (mātryūškā) [feminine] (Arabic), دُمْيَةُ رُوسِيَّة (dumyatu rūsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), մատրյոշկա (matryoška) (Armenian), matryoşka (Azerbaijani), matrioxka (Basque), errusiar panpina (Basque), матро́шка (matróška) [feminine] (Belarusian), матрьошка (matrjoška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), matrioixca [feminine] (Catalan), nina russa [feminine] (Catalan), 俄羅斯公仔 (Chinese Cantonese), 俄罗斯公仔 (ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹ gung¹ zai²) (Chinese Cantonese), 俄羅斯套娃 (Chinese Mandarin), 俄罗斯套娃 (Éluósī tàowá) (Chinese Mandarin), matrjoška [feminine] (Czech), matrjosjka [common-gender] (Danish), babusjka [common-gender] (Danish), russisk dukke [common-gender] (Danish), Russische pop [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), matroesjka [feminine] (Dutch), baboesjka [feminine] (Dutch), matrjoŝko (Esperanto), matrjoŝka pupo (Esperanto), matrjoška (Estonian), maatuska (Finnish), matrjoshka (Finnish), poupée russe [feminine] (French), matriochka [feminine] (French), poupée gigogne [feminine] (French), მატრიოშკა (maṭriošḳa) (Georgian), მატრიოშკები (maṭriošḳebi) (Georgian), Matrjoschka [feminine] (German), Matroschka [feminine] (German), Babuschka-Puppe [feminine] (German), Matrioschka [feminine] (German), ματριόσκα (matrióska) [feminine] (Greek), μπάμπουσκα (bámpouska) [feminine] (Greek), μπαμπούσκα (bampoúska) [feminine] (Greek), מַטְרִיוֹשְׁקָה (matriyóshka) [feminine] (Hebrew), matrjoska (Hungarian), enboxa pupeo (Ido), matrioska (Italian), matriosca (Italian), マトリョーシカ (matoryōshika) (Japanese), マトリョーシカ人形 (matoryōshika ningyō) (alt: マトリョーシカにんぎょう) (Japanese), 마트료시카 (mateuryosika) (Korean), matrjoška [feminine] (Latvian), матрјо́шка (matrjóška) [feminine] (Macedonian), бабушка (babuška) [feminine] (Macedonian), matryoshka (Malay), മത്ര്യോഷ്ക പാവ (matryōṣka pāva) (Malayalam), matruşka (Northern Kurdish), matryoşka (Northern Kurdish), matrjosjka [feminine] (Norwegian), matruska [feminine] (Norwegian), matrusjka [feminine] (Norwegian), matrïoshca [feminine] (Occitan), ماتروشکا (mâtruškâ) (Persian), matrioszka [feminine] (Polish), boneca russa [feminine] (Portuguese), matrioshka [feminine] (Portuguese), matriosca [feminine] (Portuguese), matryoshka [feminine] (Portuguese), matrioșka [feminine] (Romanian), matrioșca [feminine] (Romanian), матрёшка (matrjóška) [feminine] (Russian), матрјошка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ба̀бушка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matrjoška [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bàbuška [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), matrjoszka [feminine] (Silesian), matrioška [feminine] (Slovak), matrioška [feminine] (Slovene), babuška [feminine] (Slovene), muñeca rusa [feminine] (Spanish), matrioska [feminine] (Spanish), rysk docka [common-gender] (Swedish), matrjosjka [common-gender] (Swedish), babusjka [common-gender] (Swedish), ตุ๊กตาแม่ลูกดก (dtúk-gà-dtaa-mɛ̂ɛ-lûuk-dòk) (Thai), มาโตรชก้า (maa-dtròoch-gâa) (Thai), matruşka (Turkish), матрьо́шка (matrʹóška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мотрі́́йка (motrí́jka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), matryoshka (Uzbek), múp bê làm tổ (Vietnamese), búp bê nga (Vietnamese), búp bê lồng nhau (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figuratively) An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity. Tags: figuratively
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      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrëshka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrioshka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrioshka doll"
    },
    {
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matryoshka doll"
    },
    {
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "babushka"
    },
    {
      "sense": "both senses",
      "word": "nesting doll"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kukulla ruse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mātryūškā",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dumyatu rūsiyya",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دُمْيَةُ رُوسِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "matryoška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "մատրյոշկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matryoşka"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrioxka"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "errusiar panpina"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "matróška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матро́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "matrjoška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матрьошка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioixca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nina russa"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "俄羅斯公仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹ gung¹ zai²",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "俄罗斯公仔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "俄羅斯套娃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Éluósī tàowá",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "俄罗斯套娃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrjoška"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matrjosjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "babusjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "russisk dukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Russische pop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matroesjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baboesjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrjoŝko"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrjoŝka pupo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrjoška"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "maatuska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrjoshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poupée russe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriochka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poupée gigogne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maṭriošḳa",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "მატრიოშკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maṭriošḳebi",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "მატრიოშკები"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Matrjoschka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Matroschka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Babuschka-Puppe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Matrioschka"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "matrióska",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ματριόσκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bámpouska",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μπάμπουσκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bampoúska",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μπαμπούσκα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "matriyóshka",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַטְרִיוֹשְׁקָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrjoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "enboxa pupeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matrioska"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matriosca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "matoryōshika",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "マトリョーシカ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "マトリョーシカにんぎょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "matoryōshika ningyō",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "マトリョーシカ人形"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mateuryosika",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "마트료시카"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matruşka"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matryoşka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrjoška"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "matrjóška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матрјо́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "babuška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бабушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matryoshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "matryōṣka pāva",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "മത്ര്യോഷ്ക പാവ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrjosjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matruska"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrusjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrïoshca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâtruškâ",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "ماتروشکا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boneca russa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matriosca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matryoshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioșka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioșca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "matrjóška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матрёшка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матрјошка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба̀бушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrjoška"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bàbuška"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrjoszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioška"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioška"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babuška"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muñeca rusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "matrioska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rysk docka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "matrjosjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "babusjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtúk-gà-dtaa-mɛ̂ɛ-lûuk-dòk",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "ตุ๊กตาแม่ลูกดก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "maa-dtròoch-gâa",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "มาโตรชก้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matruşka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "matrʹóška",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "матрьо́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "motrí́jka",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мотрі́́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "matryoshka"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "múp bê làm tổ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "búp bê nga"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wooden doll",
      "word": "búp bê lồng nhau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Russian doll"
}

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