утильсырьё

Russian

Etymology

Attested 1920s, abbreviation of утилизи́рованное сырьё (utilizírovannoje syrʹjó, recycled materials) and утилиза́ция сырья́ (utilizácija syrʹjá, material recycling).

Per Chernykh, ути́ль (utílʹ) is probably a back-formation from утильсырьё (utilʹsyrʹjó).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˌtʲilʲsɨˈrʲjɵ]

Noun

утѝльсырьё • (utìlʹsyrʹjón inan (genitive утѝльсырья́, uncountable)

  1. (collective) scrap materials, recyclable materials

Declension

References

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “утиль”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 294