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Definition 2024

Russian doll ‎(plural Russian dolls)

One of a set of hollow nesting dolls, usually wooden and decorated.
(figuratively) An issue or situation which repeatedly reveals more levels of complexity.

(wooden doll): matryoshka, matreshka, matrëshka, matrioshka, matrioshka doll, matryoshka doll, (mistranslation) babushka
(both senses): nesting doll

wooden doll

Albanian: matrioshka f, kukulla ruse f
Arabic: مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا f ‎(mātryūškā), دُمْيَة رُوسِيَّة f ‎(dumya(t) rūsiyya)
Armenian: մատրյոշկա ‎(matryoška)
Azeri: matryoşka
Basque: matrioxka, errusiar panpina
Belarusian: матро́шка f ‎(matróška)
Bulgarian: матрьошка f ‎(matrjoška)
Catalan: matrioixca (ca) f, nina russa f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 俄羅斯公仔 ‎(ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹ gung¹ zai²)

Mandarin: 俄羅斯套娃, 俄罗斯套娃 ‎(Éluósī tàowá)
Czech: matrjoška (cs) f
Danish: matrjosjka c, babusjka c, russisk dukke c
Dutch: Russische pop f, m, matroesjka f, baboesjka f
Esperanto: matrjoŝko, matrjoŝka pupo
Estonian: matrjoška
Finnish: maatuska (fi), matrjoshka
French: poupée russe (fr) f, matriochka (fr) f, poupée gigogne f
Georgian: მატრიოშკა ‎(maṭriošḳa), მატრიოშკები ‎(maṭriošḳebi)
German: Matrjoschka f, Matroschka (de) f, Babuschka-Puppe f, Matrioschka f
Greek: ματριόσκα f ‎(matrióska), μπάμπουσκα f ‎(bámpouska), μπαμπούσκα f ‎(bampoúska)
Hebrew: מַטְרִיוֹשְׁקָה f ‎(maṭriyōšəqå̄h)
Hungarian: matrjoska
Ido: enboxa pupeo
Italian: matrioska, matriosca

Japanese: マトリョーシカ ‎(matoryōshika), マトリョーシカ人形 ‎(マトリョーシカにんぎょう, matoryōshika ningyō)
Korean: 마트료시카 (ko) ‎(mateuryosika)
Kurdish: matruşka (ku), matryoşka (ku)
Macedonian: матрјо́шка f ‎(matrjóška)
Malayalam: മത്ര്യോഷ്ക പാവ ‎(matryōṣka pāva)
Norwegian: matrjosjka f, matruska f, matrusjka f
Occitan: matrïoshca f
Persian: ماتروشکا ‎(mâtruškâ)
Polish: matrioszka (pl) f
Portuguese: boneca russa f, matrioshka f, matriosca (pt) f, matryoshka (pt) f
Romanian: matrioșka f, matrioșca f
Russian: матрёшка (ru) f ‎(matrjóška)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: матрјошка f, ба̀бушка f

Roman: matrjoška f, bàbuška (sh) f
Silesian: matrjoszka f
Slovak: matrioška f
Slovene: matrioška f, babuška f
Spanish: muñeca rusa f, matrioska f
Swedish: rysk docka c, matrjosjka c, babusjka c
Thai: ตุ๊กตาแม่ลูกดก ‎(dtúk-dtaa mâe lôok dòk)
Turkish: matruşka (tr)
Ukrainian: матрьо́шка f ‎(matrʹóška), мотрі́йка f ‎(motríjka)
Vietnamese: múp bê làm tổ, búp bê nga, búp bê lồng nhau

issue revealing complexity