Explore Ivanovna through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ivanovna in a sentence
Ivanovna meaning
A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́новна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan”).
Using Ivanovna
- The main meaning on this page is: A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́новна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan”).
Context around Ivanovna
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ivanovna
- In this selection, "ivanovna" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nina, yelena and contracted stand out and add context to how "ivanovna" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include heiress yelena ivanovna née rukavishnikova and not contracted ivanovna but mar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ivanovna" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ivanovna
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was first married to Nina Ivanovna; she was born not too far away from the local farm in which Andropov was born. (23 words)
His father was the liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870–1922) and his mother was the heiress Yelena Ivanovna née Rukavishnikova, the granddaughter of a millionaire gold-mine owner. (32 words)
In contrast to male names, if a woman is called by her patronymic name without a given name, the patronymic is usually not contracted: "Ivanovna" but "Mar' Ivanna"; "Sergeevna"/"Sergevna" is one exception, where both forms are fine. (38 words)
In contrast to male names, if a woman is called by her patronymic name without a given name, the patronymic is usually not contracted: "Ivanovna" but "Mar' Ivanna"; "Sergeevna"/"Sergevna" is one exception, where both forms are fine. (38 words)
His father was the liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870–1922) and his mother was the heiress Yelena Ivanovna née Rukavishnikova, the granddaughter of a millionaire gold-mine owner. (32 words)
He was first married to Nina Ivanovna; she was born not too far away from the local farm in which Andropov was born. (23 words)
Example sentences (3)
He was first married to Nina Ivanovna; she was born not too far away from the local farm in which Andropov was born.
His father was the liberal lawyer, statesman, and journalist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870–1922) and his mother was the heiress Yelena Ivanovna née Rukavishnikova, the granddaughter of a millionaire gold-mine owner.
In contrast to male names, if a woman is called by her patronymic name without a given name, the patronymic is usually not contracted: "Ivanovna" but "Mar' Ivanna"; "Sergeevna"/"Sergevna" is one exception, where both forms are fine.