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PRONUNCIATION OF NABOKOVIAN

Nabokovian  [ˌnæbəˈkəʊvɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NABOKOVIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nabokovian is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NABOKOVIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, pronounced ( listen), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 22 April 1899c – 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American novelist. Nabokov's first nine novels were in Russian. He then rose to international prominence as a writer of English prose. He also made serious contributions as a lepidopterist and chess composer. Nabokov's Lolita (1955) is his most famous novel, and often considered his finest work in English. It exhibits the love of intricate word play and synesthetic detail that characterised all his works. The novel was ranked fourth in the list of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels; Pale Fire (1962) was ranked at 53rd on the same list, and his memoir, Speak, Memory, was listed eighth on the Modern Library nonfiction list. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction seven times, but never won it.

Definition of Nabokovian in the English dictionary

The definition of Nabokovian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or reminiscent of Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, the Russian-born US novelist.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NABOKOVIAN


Asimovian
ˌæzɪˈməʊvɪən
avian
ˈeɪvɪən
Batavian
bəˈteɪvɪən
Bolivian
bəˈlɪvɪən
Chekhovian
tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən
Chekovian
tʃɛˈkəʊvɪən
Harrovian
həˈrəʊvɪən
Jovian
ˈdʒəʊvɪən
Latvian
ˈlætvɪən
Maldivian
mɔːlˈdɪvɪən
Moldavian
mɒlˈdeɪvɪən
Moravian
məˈreɪvɪən
oblivion
əˈblɪvɪən
Octavian
ɒkˈteɪvɪən
Pavlovian
pævˈləʊvɪən
Peruvian
pəˈruːvɪən
Scandinavian
ˌskændɪˈneɪvɪən
subclavian
sʌbˈkleɪvɪən
Vivian
ˈvɪvɪən
Yugoslavian
ˌjuːɡəʊˈslɑːvɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NABOKOVIAN

Nabataean
Nabatean
nabbed
nabber
nabbing
nabe
Nabi
Nabis
nabk
nabla
Nablus
nabob
nabobery
nabobess
nabobish
nabobism
Nabokov
Nabonidus
Naboth
Nabucco

WORDS THAT END LIKE NABOKOVIAN

antediluvian
Asian
Australian
Brian
Canadian
chavian
Christian
diluvian
Hungarian
Indian
Indonesian
Italian
Jugoslavian
lesbian
pluvian
postdiluvian
Russian
Servian
Shavian
vesuvian

Synonyms and antonyms of Nabokovian in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Nabokovian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NABOKOVIAN

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Translator English - Chinese

Nabokovian
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nabokoviano
570 millions of speakers

English

Nabokovian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Nabokovian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Nabokovian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

набоковского
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Nabokov
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Nabokovian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nabokovienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nabokovian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nabokovschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Nabokovian
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Nabokovian
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nabokovian
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Nabokovian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Nabokovian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाबोकोवियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nabokovian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Nabokovian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nabokovian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набоковського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Nabokovian
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Nabokovian
15 millions of speakers
af

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Nabokovian
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Nabokovian
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Nabokovian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Nabokovian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NABOKOVIAN»

The term «Nabokovian» is used very little and occupies the 180.308 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NABOKOVIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Nabokovian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NABOKOVIAN»

Discover the use of Nabokovian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nabokovian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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1993
"A Persistent Snore in the Next Room: Nabokov and Finnegans Wake." Nabokovian, no. 30 (Spring 1993): 58-60. [Abstract of a paper delivered at the Annual MLA Convention, New York City, December 1992.] 4315. Nester, Robbi L . Kellman.
Patt Leonard, Rebecca Routh, 1996
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Stalking Nabokov: Selected Essays
Bordwell, David. Poetics of Cinema. New York: Routledge, 2008. Boyd, Brian. AdaOnline, http://www.ada.auckland.ac.nzI. —. “Annotations to Ada, 1: Part 1 Chapter 1.” The Nabokovian 30 (Spring 1993): 9—48. —. “Annotations to Ada, 2: Part ...
Brian Boyd, 2013
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The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European ...
Antioch Review 52, no. 4 (Fall 1994): 580-590. 4881. Barabtarlo, Gennady. " Annotations & Queries." Nabokovian, no. 33 (Fall 1994): 15-30. Contributions by A. Bouazza, Alexander A. Dolinin, Gavriel Shapiro, Suellen Stringer-Hye, and Dieter ...
Maria Gorecki Nowak, 1999
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Discourse and Ideology in Nabokov's Prose
The purpose is not to offer an exhaustive examination of Nabokovian Discourse or Nabokovian Ideology – which would, of course, have to be situated within their larger cultural contexts in order to be properly delineated and understood – but ...
David H. J. Larmour, 2003
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The Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov
Boyd, Brian. “Annotations to Ada: 1. Part 1, Chapter 1.” The Nabokovian, no. 30 ( Spring 1993), 9-48. --------- . “L'Art et Fardeur d'Ada.” Europe (1993), forthcoming. --------- . “Émigré Responses to Nabokov (I): 1921-1930.” The Nabokovian, no.
Vladimir E. Alexandrov, 2014
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Victims, Textual Strategies in Recent American Fiction
The poem, as a result, becomes a delightful Nabokovian exercise in contradiction : despite the theoretical impossibility of achieving a text, particularly the text of a simple, conventional character and structure, this poet who has invested so ...
Paul Bruss, 1981
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Nabokov at Cornell
At my urging, he has since made this additional material available in The Nabokovian: On February 16, 1966, the Nabokovs met James Mason and his partner Countess Vivian di Crespi for lunch at the Hotel Trois Couronnes, the grand hotel ...
Gavriel Shapiro, 2003
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Teaching the Novel Across the Curriculum: A Handbook for ...
A. Nabokovian. Treasure. Hunt: Pale. Fire. for. Beginners. Monique. van. den. Berg. I could never explain adequately to certain students in my literature classes , the aspects of good reading—the fact that you read an artist's book not with your  ...
Colin C. Irvine, 2008
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Russian Literature and Psychoanalysis
Splitting. of. the. ego: Freudian. doubles,. Nabokovian. doubles. Geoffrey. Green. Vladimir Nabokov described himself as a "mild old gentleman" who just happened to create "pretty beastly" characters that were "beyond the limits" of his own ...
Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, 1989
10
Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation
Nabokovian. themeI7. intervenes. when. Vladimir. Sergeevich. declares. his deeply Russian love for winter and adds that “[i]n winter we turn the tennis court into a skating rink” (40). From Nabokovian characters THE APOCALYPSE REVISITED ...
Peter I. Barta, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NABOKOVIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Nabokovian is used in the context of the following news items.
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Woody Allen, As Always, Makes a New Film, 'Irrational Man', And …
To be more specific, the film is half-Nabokovian academic love story, half downward-spiral yarn revolving around Phoenix's professor's ... «Inverse, Jul 15»
2
Review: 'Oreo,' a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel
Ms. Ross takes a cultivated and nearly Nabokovian joy in the English language. She turns the words “friedan,” as in Betty, and “kuklux” into ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
The Key to Rereading
I don't go back and read a whole novel in the Nabokovian project of feeling I have to possess it all and pin down every butterfly nuance. I dip in ... «The New York Review of Books, Jul 15»
4
'Nabokov in America,' by Robert Roper
They may even have called “a new America into being — a Lolitaesque, Nabokovian new land, layered with perplexities, rippling with edgy ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
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'The Truth and Other Lies,' by Sascha Arango
Henry has his own sub-Nabokovian nemesis, a failed writer named Gisbert Fasch who's known Henry since their days in an orphanage, where ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Review: 'Nabokov in America' and Reaping Inspiration From Amber …
It was a typically Nabokovian observation — partly earnest, partly tongue-firmly-in-cheek. The novelist also said that “Lolita” could be described ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
7
Saul Bellow revisited on the centenary of his birth
The honour came the year after Humboldt's Gift, his most Nabokovian novel, and within months of To Jerusalem and Back, his non-fiction report ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
8
Reading American cities: books about Detroit
... the exaggerated doom has a Nabokovian ring. Jeffrey Eugenides also turned his attention to the Detroit suburbs in both The Virgin Suicides ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Carol review - Cate Blanchett captivates in woozily obsessive …
... Nic Roeg's Bad Timing and – with the flourishing of a revolver – Haynes conjures a fraught kind of Nabokovian despair and futile melodrama. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Mike Solomon Remembers Kevin Dean
... Whitcomb's genesis: "For the last two decades or so, Dean was working on the great American novel: the Nabokovian biography of an iconic, ... «Sarasota, May 15»

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