Science Fiction Нау́чная фанта́стика
9 Russian words on the topic of science fiction — each with a picture, an audio recording and an example sentence. The future, aliens and lasers — with a hatch leading straight into the space chapter.
| Picture | English | Russian · Ру́сский | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | science fiction | нау́чная фанта́стика | 🌎 RegionColloquially shortened to фанта́стика. As an exclamation, фанта́стика! means 'amazing!' |
 | alien | инопланетя́нин | 🔗 Word familyLiterally 'other-planet person' (ино- + плане́та). ⚠️ GenderThe plural drops -ин: инопланетя́не. |
 | spaceship | косми́ческий кора́бль | ⚠️ Genderкора́бль (ship) is masculine despite the soft sign; stress shifts to the ending when declined: корабля́. |
 | spacechapter› | ко́смос | 🔀 Several meaningsOnly outer space — never 'room' or 'a space' (that's ме́сто). 🔗 Word familyFamily: косми́ческий, космона́вт. |
 | robot | ро́бот | 🔗 Word familyCoined in Czech from the same Slavic root as рабо́та (work). Stress on the first syllable: ро́бот. |
 | future | бу́дущее | ⚠️ GenderAn adjective used as a noun; declines like an adjective. |
 | planet | плане́та | Note the stress: плане́та. |
 | laser | ла́зер | The е is pronounced э (hard з), as in many borrowings: [ла́зэр]. |
 | time travel | путеше́ствие во вре́мени | ⚠️ Genderвре́мя (time) is one of ten irregular neuter nouns in -мя: hence во вре́мени. |
 | dimension | измере́ние | 🔀 Several meaningsAlso means 'measurement'. 🔗 Word familyFrom измеря́ть (to measure). |
See also:SpaceScience