Science Нау́ка
12 Russian words on the topic of science — each with a picture, an audio recording and an example sentence. From the lab to the universe — atoms, cells and theories, most of them friendly international loanwords wearing Russian stress.
| Picture | English | Russian · Ру́сский | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | science | нау́ка | 🔗 Word familyFamily: нау́чный (scientific) and учёный (scientist, lit. 'learned one'). |
 | experiment | экспериме́нт | Common synonym: о́пыт, which also means 'experience'. |
 | theory | тео́рия | Stress on the о: тео́рия. |
 | laboratory | лаборато́рия | Stress on -то́- (лаборато́рия), not as in English 'laboratory'. |
 | energy | эне́ргия | Pronounced with hard н — [энэ́ргия]; stress эне́ргия. |
 | strength | си́ла | 🔀 Several meaningsAlso 'force' in physics. 🔗 Word familyFamily: си́льный (strong). |
 | gravity | гравита́ция | 🌎 RegionEveryday synonym: притяже́ние (земно́е притяже́ние = Earth's gravity). |
 | cell | кле́тка | 🔀 Several meaningsкле́тка = both a biological cell and a cage. |
 | atom | а́том | 🔗 Word familyThe adjective а́томный also means 'nuclear': а́томная бо́мба. |
 | chemistry | хи́мия | х sounds like the ch in Scottish 'loch'. 🔗 Word familyхи́мик = a chemist (the scientist). |
 | physics | фи́зика | 🔗 Word familyфи́зик = physicist. физкульту́ра ('physical culture') is school PE. |
 | discovery | откры́тие | 🔗 Word familyFrom откры́ть, which means both 'to open' and 'to discover'. 🔀 Several meaningsAlso 'opening (ceremony)'. |
 | spacechapter› | ко́смос | 🔀 Several meaningsOnly outer space — never 'room' or 'a space' (that's ме́сто). 🔗 Word familyFamily: косми́ческий, космона́вт. |
See also:SpacePsychology