"между" meaning in Russian

See между in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: [ˈmʲeʐdʊ] Audio: Ru-между.ogg Forms: ме́жду [canonical], méždu [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu). Compare inherited East Slavic меж (mež). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ru|sla-pro|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor+|ru|cu|междоу}} Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic междоу (meždu), {{doublet|ru|меж|notext=1}} меж (mež) Head templates: {{head|ru|preposition|head=ме́жду}} ме́жду • (méždu)
  1. between, among Synonyms: меж Derived forms: междунаро́дный (meždunaródnyj)
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          "ref": "1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть первая, XI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:",
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