село́

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1.
village, large village
Он вы́рос в большо́м селе́ под Ряза́нью.
He grew up in a large village near Ryazan.
Historically a large peasant settlement serving as the economic and administrative centre for surrounding hamlets; in pre-revolutionary Russia it always had a church.
2.
countryside, rural areas
На селе́ ма́ло рабо́ты для молодёжи.
There is little work for young people in the countryside.
Chiefly in the set phrase на селе 'in the countryside'.

Examples

Фома не хо́чет жить в селе.
Tom doesn't want to live in the country.
Вузовцы приехали в село на практику.
The university students came to the village for practical training.
Э́то то село, в кото́ром роди́лся поэ́т.
This is the village where the poet was born.
Мы встретили тунгуса в маленьком селе.
We met a Tungus in a small village.
Эти два села соседствуют друг с другом уже века
These two villages have been next to each other for centuries.
Этого богомаза знали во всех окрестных сёлах.
Everyone in the surrounding villages knew this icon painter.
Она приехала из ставропольского села учиться в Москве.
She came from a village in the Stavropol region to study in Moscow.
В нашем селе есть только одно сельпо.
There is only one village general store in our village.

⚠️ Stress change.