Thread: A couple of words

I looked up some words and the definition in my dictionary is ambiguous.
Can somebody clarify things for me?

участь = lot
does this mean an area to park - parking lot?

ячейка = cell
does this mean a biological cell with a neucleos or a jail cell

стойка = bar
I thought that bar was "бар"

Originally Posted by kwatts59

участь = lot
does this mean an area to park - parking lot?

No. This means fate. For example, Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" was translated into Russian as "Участь Салема".

ячейка = cell
does this mean a biological cell with a neucleos or a jail cell

biological cell -- OK (what does neucleos mean?)
Jail cell -- тюремная камера

стойка = bar
I thought that bar was "бар"

My dictionary says that bar can be either стойка, бар or a number of other things (for instance, брусок etc.)

Blah blah blah just kidding.

'ячейка' is a cell in honeycomb for example. or a small part of a larger group of people ('ячейка общества').
biological cell = клетка
jail cell = камера

biological cell -- OK (what does neucleos mean?)

Ups, major typo. I meant to say "nucleus", the center of a cell.

Originally Posted by Rostova

jail cell = камера

I thought камера = camera.

Not only. It's also 'Some kinds of isolated rooms in public institutions'(судебная камера, больничная камера, тюремная камера, одиночная камера).
By the way, this word has one more meaning

ячейка = cell
does this mean a biological cell with a neucleos or a jail cell

ячейка = a political group (aka cell) or a small compartment (like a safe deposit box or baggage compartment), or a unit of digital memory storage measurement (bit), etc. depending on context.


стойка = bar
I thought that bar was "бар"

here as in "drinks counter", aka bar

стойка also has many meanings

I'd recommend ABBYY Lingvo. I looked up those words and had no problems. A dictionary that contains only one-word definitions (участь = lot) will give you headaches. Lingvo defines it as fate, lot, so you know which meaning of "lot" it relates to.

http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_Ma ... CACHE_ID=0

Originally Posted by pranki

Originally Posted by kwatts59

This means fate. For example, Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" was translated into Russian as "Участь Салема".

The recent translation is "Жребий". So 'lot' exactly means that.

Originally Posted by Rostova

'ячейка' is a cell in honeycomb for example. or a small part of a larger group of people ('ячейка общества').
biological cell = клетка
jail cell = камера

A cell in honeycomb is "сота". Cellphone is "сотовый телефон".