Iron Curtain (dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet-controlled regions)
köken: From eisern + Vorhang.
🔊 der Eiserne Vorhang
Iron Curtain
köken: Calque of English Iron Curtain.
iron curtain · Iron Curtain (singular only)
çekim: çoğul cortine di ferro
the Iron Curtain
çekim: çoğul ijzeren gordijnen
köken: Probably first used in a political sense by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium to describe the situation between Belgium and her country of origin Germany. The modern meaning has the same origin as its English equivalent.
η διαχωριστική γραμμή μεταξύ της Δυτικής Ευρώπης και των ελεγχόμενων από τους Σοβιετικούς περιοχών, ιδίως κατά τη διάρκεια του ψυχρού πολέμου
Japonca 🔊 鉄のカーテン /te̞t͡sɨ no̞ ka̠ːtẽ̞ɴ/ Iron Curtain
köken: Partial calque of English iron curtain.
🔊 […] 「怒りの葡萄」「真珠」などの作品で世界的なアメリカの作家スタインベックは最近ソヴェトを訪問して「鉄のカーテン」の彼方に温い血をもって勤労し建設し笑い悲しんでいる同じ人間の生活していることを発表した。
barrier, obstacle, obstruction
köken: Sino-Korean word from 障壁.
iron curtain
çekim: çoğul järnridåer · tamlayan järnridås
köken: järn + ridå. Attested since 1832. Figurative sense (dividing line between East and West) from 1946, see entry for Iron Curtain.
Iron Curtain · iron curtain (barrier made of iron in the theatre)
çekim: çoğul żelazne kurtyny · tamlayan żelaznej kurtyny
köken: Calque of English Iron Curtain.
The Iron Curtain.
çekim: çoğul rautaesiriput · tamlayan rautaesiripun
köken: Calque of English Iron Curtain; rauta + esirippu.
Iron Curtain (the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet-controlled regions) · iron curtain (in a theatre)
çekim: çoğul železné opony · tamlayan železné opony
köken: From železný + opona.
iron curtain (a barrier made of iron in the theatre) · Iron Curtain
çekim: çoğul vasfüggönyök
köken: vas (“iron”) + függöny (“curtain”)