Russian oven

noun

A kind of oven or furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.

Meanings

nounRussian oven (plural Russian ovens)

plural Russian ovens

  1. A kind of oven or furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.

    Synonyms: pechka, Russian stove

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of oven or furnace that first appeared in the 15th century, used for both cooking and domestic heating in traditional Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian households, and designed to retain heat for long periods of time by channeling the smoke and hot air of combustion through a labyrinth of passages.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 俄羅斯爐 /俄罗斯炉
  • 俄羅斯爐 /俄罗斯炉 (Éluósī lú)a type of oven
Danish masseovn, russisk masseovn
  • masseovna type of oven
  • russisk masseovna type of oven
  • finske masseovna type of oven
Finnish uuni
  • uunia type of oven
French petchka
  • petchkaa type of oven
German Petschka
  • Petschkaa type of oven
Japanese ペチカ, ペーチカ
  • ペチカ (pechika)a type of oven
  • ペーチカ (pēchika)a type of oven
Korean 페치카
  • 페치카 (pechika)a type of oven
Russian ру́сская пе́чка/печь, пе́чка
  • ру́сская пе́чка/печь (rússkaja péčka/pečʹ)a type of oven
  • пе́чка (péčka)a type of oven
  • печь (pečʹ)a type of oven
Ukrainian пі́чка, піч
  • пі́чка (píčka)a type of oven
  • піч (pič)a type of oven
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APA

Russian oven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russian%20oven

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“Russian oven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russian%20oven. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Russian oven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russian%20oven.

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