Muscovite

See also: muscovite

English

Etymology

1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

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Noun

Muscovite (plural Muscovites)

1. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
2. (archaic, by extension) A Russian.

Translations

resident of Muscovy

Belarusian: маскаві́т m (maskavít), маскаві́тка f (maskavítka) Bulgarian: московча́нин m (moskovčánin), московча́нка f (moskovčánka) Danish: moskovit (da) c Finnish: moskoviitti (fi) Old Ruthenian: москвити́нъ m (moskvitín), моска́ль m (moskálʹ), москви́чъ m (moskvíč); моско́вка f (moskóvka) Polish: Moskwicin m (archaic, rare) Romanian: muscal (ro) m Russian: жи́тель Моско́вии m (žítelʹ Moskóvii), жи́тельница Моско́вии f (žítelʹnica Moskóvii) Swedish: moskovit (sv) c Ukrainian: москови́т m (moskovýt), моска́ль (uk) m (moskálʹ) (derogatory), московитка f (moskovytka)

resident of Moscow

Afrikaans: Moskowiet, Moskouer Belarusian: маскві́ч m (maskvíč), маскві́чка f (maskvíčka) Bulgarian: московча́нин m (moskovčánin), московча́нка f (moskovčánka) Catalan: moscovita (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 莫斯科人 (Mòsīkērén) Czech: Moskvan (cs) m Danish: moskovit (da) c, moskvabo c Dutch: Moskoviet (nl) m, Moskouer (nl) m, Moskovitische (nl) f, Moskouse (nl) f Esperanto: moskvano (man or woman), moskvanino (woman) Finnish: moskovalainen (fi) French: Moscovite (fr) m or f German: Moskauer (de) m, Moskowiter (de) m, Moskauerin (de) f Greek: Μοσχοβίτης (el) m (Moschovítis), Μοσχοβίτισσα f (Moschovítissa) Hungarian: moszkvai (hu) Interlingua: moscovita m or f Italian: moscovita (it) m or f Japanese: モスクワ人 (Mosukuwa-jin) Macedonian: моско́вјанец (mk) m (moskóvjanec), моско́вјанин (mk) m (moskóvjanin), моско́вјанка (mk) f (moskóvjanka) Norwegian: Bokmål: moskovitt (no) m Nynorsk: moskovitt m Polish: moskwianin (pl) m, moskwianka (pl) f Portuguese: moscovita (pt) m or f Romanian: moscovit (ro) m, moscovită (ro) f Russian: москви́ч (ru) m (moskvíč), москви́чка (ru) f (moskvíčka) Slovak: Moskovčan m, Moskovčanka f Slovene: moskovčan m, moskovčanka f Spanish: moscovita (es) m or f Swedish: Moskvabo (sv) c, moskovit (sv) c (archaic, poetic) Turkish: Moskovalı Ukrainian: москви́ч m (moskvýč), москви́чка f (moskvýčka) Welsh: Mosgofiad m Yiddish: מאָסקווער m (moskver)

(archaic) Russian — see Russian

Adjective

Muscovite (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
2. Russian.

Translations

Relating to Moscow

Afrikaans: Moskowities, Moskous Arabic: مُوسْكُوفِيّ (mūskūfiyy) Armenian: մոսկովյան (moskovyan) Azerbaijani: moskvalı Belarusian: маско́ўскі (maskóŭski) Bulgarian: моско́вски (moskóvski) Catalan: moscovita (ca) Czech: moskevský (cs) Danish: moskovitisk Dutch: Moskovitisch (nl), Moskous (nl) Esperanto: moskva French: moscovite (fr) Georgian: მოსკოვის (mosḳovis) German: moskowitisch, Moskauer (de), moskauisch (de) Greek: μοσχοβίτικος (el) (moschovítikos) Hungarian: moszkvai (hu) Italian: moscovita (it) Macedonian: московски (mk) (moskovski) Polish: moskiewski (pl) Romanian: moscovit (ro) Russian: моско́вский (ru) (moskóvskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мо̀сковскӣ Roman: mòskovskī (sh) Slovak: moskovský Slovene: moskovski Swedish: moskovitisk (very archaic) Turkish: Moskovalı Ukrainian: моско́вський (moskóvsʹkyj), московітський (moskovitsʹkyj) Uzbek: moskvalik Welsh: Mosgofaidd