Russian Vocabulary ADVANCED

Work Рабо́та

14 Russian words on the topic of work — each with a picture, an audio recording and an example sentence. The office and the career — meetings, salaries and résumés. Handy pattern: “at work” is на рабо́те, with на rather than в.

Work
PictureEnglishRussian · Ру́сскийNotes
workworkрабо́та
'At work' = на рабо́те. 🔗 Word familySame Slavic root as 'robot'.
officeofficeо́фис
Stress on the first syllable: о́фис. A private office (room) is кабине́т.
bossbossнача́льник
⚠️ GenderFemale boss: нача́льница.
employeeemployeeсотру́дник
⚠️ GenderFemale employee: сотру́дница. 🔗 Word familyThe prefix со- means 'together' (co-worker).
meetingmeetingвстре́ча
🔗 Word familyThe verb встреча́ться means 'to meet' — and also 'to date someone'.
salarysalaryзарпла́та
🔗 Word familyShort for за́работная пла́та ('earned pay').
computercomputerкомпью́тер
Loanword; the т is pronounced hard: [te].
emailemailиме́йл
🌎 RegionMore formal: электро́нная по́чта.
schedulescheduleрасписа́ние
🔗 Word familyFrom писа́ть 'to write'. расписа́ние поездо́в = train timetable.
interviewinterviewинтервью́
⚠️ GenderIndeclinable loanword — the same form in every case.
résumérésuméрезюме́
⚠️ GenderIndeclinable loanword. Stress at the end: резюме́.
to resignto resignуво́литься
With -ся: to resign (yourself); without -ся, уво́лить = to fire someone.
to fireto fireуво́лить
Takes a direct object: уво́лить сотру́дника.
vacationvacationо́тпуск
⚠️ GenderThe plural shifts the stress: о́тпускотпуска́.
See also:Tourism and Travel