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Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Ru.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Attested in English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century. By surface analysis, Russia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌʃən

Adjective

Russian (comparative more Russian, superlative most Russian)

Of or pertaining to Russia.
- 2017 February 19, “Putin”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 2, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
  So that is the official line: you’re shit, we’re shit, everything’s shit, never try for a better world because it doesn’t exist. That is not only bleak, I think it’s also the working title of every Russian novel ever written.
(dated) Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union.
(dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.
Of or pertaining to the Russian language.

Synonyms

Muscovite
(of or pertaining to the Soviet Union): Soviet

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Chinese: 羅宋 / 罗宋 (luósòng)
→ Ukrainian: ра́шн (rášn)

Translations

of or pertaining to Russia

Abkhaz: урыс (urəs)
Afrikaans: Russies (af)
Albanian: rus (sq)
Amharic: ሩሲያዊ (rusiyawi)
Arabic: رُوسِيّ (ar) (rūsiyy)
Archi: оӏроӏс (ọrọs)
Armenian: ռուսական (hy) (ṙusakan), ռուս (hy) (ṙus)
Assamese: ৰুছ (rus)
Asturian: rusu (ast)
Avar: гӏурус (ʻurus)
Azerbaijani: rus (az), urus (obsolete, dialect)
Bashkir: урыҫ (urıś)
Basque: errusiar (eu)
Belarusian: ру́скі (be) (rúski), расе́йскі (rasjéjski) (Taraškevica), расі́йскі (rasíjski)
Bengali: রুশ (bn) (ruś)
Bulgarian: ру́ски (bg) m (rúski)
Burmese: ရုရှား (my) (ru.hra:)
Buryat: ород (orod)
Carpathian Rusyn: росі́йскый (rosíjskŷj), ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj)
Catalan: rus (ca)
Chechen: оьрсий (örsii), оьрсийн (örsiı̇n)
Chinese:
Dungan: вурус (vurus)

Mandarin: 俄羅斯的 / 俄罗斯的 (zh) (Éluósī de), 俄- (zh) (É-) (abbreviation)
Crimean Tatar: Rus
Czech: ruský (cs) m
Danish: russisk (da)
Dutch: Russisch (nl), Russische (nl)
Esperanto: rusa (eo)
Estonian: vene (et)
Even: нючи (ņuci)
Evenki: лучады (luçadi)
Faroese: russiskur
Finnish: venäläinen (fi)
French: russe (fr) m or f
Galician: ruso (gl) m
Georgian: რუსული (ka) (rusuli)
German: russisch (de), russländisch (de)
Hawaiian: Lūkia, Lūkini
Hebrew: רוּסִי (he) m (rusí), רוסיה (he) (rusia), רוּסִים pl (rusiyím), רוסיות f pl (rusiót)
Hindi: रूसी (hi) (rūsī), रशियन (raśiyan)
Hungarian: orosz (hu)
Icelandic: rússneskur (is)
Indonesian: Rusia (id)
Ingrian: vennäen, vennään, venäläin
Interlingua: russe
Irish: Rúiseach
Italian: russo (it)
Japanese: ロシアの (ja) (Roshia no), 露 (ja) (ろ, Ro-) (abbreviation)
Kalmyk: әрәс (äräs)
Kazakh: орыс (orys)
Khmer: រុស្ស៊ី (rusii)
Komi-Permyak: роч (roć)
Komi-Zyrian: роч (roć)
Korean: 러시아의 (ko) (reosia-ui) (South Korea), 로씨야의 (ko) (rossiya-ui) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕوسی (rusî)

Northern Kurdish: Rûsî
Kven: ryssä, ryssäläinen, venäläinen
Kyrgyz: орус (ky) (orus), орусиялык (ky) (orusiyalık)
Lao: ລັດເຊຍ (lo) (lat sīa)
Latin: ruthenicus
Latvian: krievu, krievisks
Lezgi: урус (urus)
Lithuanian: rusas (lt)
Macedonian: ру́ски (rúski)
Malay: Rusia (ms)
Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros), ᠣᡵᠣᠰ ᡳ (oros-i)
Manx: Rooshagh
Marathi: रशियन (raśiyan)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: орос (oros)
Nanai: лоча (loča)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: russisk (no)

Nynorsk: russisk (no)
Occitan: rus (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: роусьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
Old Norse: ryzkr
Ossetian: уырыссаг (wyryssag)
Pannonian Rusyn: русийски (rusijski)
Pashto: روسي (ps) (rusi)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: روسی (fa) (rusi)
Polish: rosyjski (pl), ruski (pl) (pejorative)
Portuguese: russo (pt)
Romanian: rusesc (ro), rus (ro)
Russian: росси́йский (ru) (rossíjskij) (concerning the country, nationality), ру́сский (ru) (rússkij) (concerning the culture, people, ethnicity, etc.)
Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseanach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ру̏скӣ

Roman: rȕskī (sh)
Sinhalese: රුසියානු (si) (rusiyānu)
Skolt Sami: ruõšš
Slovak: ruský (sk)
Slovene: rúski (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: rušćina f
Spanish: ruso (es)
Swahili: mrashia (sw)
Swedish: rysk (sv)
Tabasaran: урус (urus)
Tagalog: Ruso (tl)
Tajik: русӣ (tg) (rusi)
Tatar: рус (tt) (rus), урыс (urıs)
Telugu: రష్యను (raṣyanu)
Thai: รัสเซีย (th) (rát-siia)
Tofa: орус (orus)
Tundra Nenets: луца (luca)
Turkish: Rus (tr)
Turkmen: rus, orus
Udi: урус (urus)
Udmurt: ӟуч (dźuć)
Ukrainian: росі́йський (uk) (rosíjsʹkyj)
Urdu: رُوسی (rūsī)
Uyghur: رۇس (rus)
Uzbek: rus (uz)
Venetan: ruso (vec)
Vietnamese: nga (vi), Nga (vi) (俄)
Volapük: Rusänik (vo)
Welsh: Rwsiaidd, Rwsaidd
Yiddish: רוסיש (yi) (rusish)
Zhuang: Ngozlozswh

of or pertaining to the Soviet Union — see Soviet

of or pertaining to Rus

Belarusian: ру́скі (be) (rúski), старажытнару́скі (staražytnarúski)
Bulgarian: ру́ски (bg) (rúski), старору́ски (starorúski)
Carpathian Rusyn: ру́ськый (rúsʹkŷj)
Czech: ruský (cs), staroruský
French: ruthénien (fr)
German: altrussisch, russisch (de)
Macedonian: руски (ruski)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
Old East Slavic: русьскъ (rusĭskŭ)
Polish: ruski (pl), staroruski (pl)
Portuguese: russo (pt)
Russian: ру́сский (ru) (rússkij), древнеру́сский (ru) (drevnerússkij)
Swahili: mrashia (sw)
Ukrainian: ру́ський (uk) (rúsʹkyj), давньору́ський (uk) (davnʹorúsʹkyj)

of or pertaining to the Russian language

Afrikaans: Russies (af)
Belarusian: ру́скі (be) (rúski), расе́йскі (rasjéjski) (Taraškevica), расі́йскі (rasíjski)
Bulgarian: ру́ски (bg) (rúski)
German: russisch (de)
Ingrian: vennäen, vennään, venäläin
Marathi: रशियन (raśiyan)
Russian: ру́сский (ru) (rússkij)
Turkish: rusca (tr)
Ukrainian: росі́йський (uk) (rosíjsʹkyj)

Noun

Russian (countable and uncountable, plural Russians)

(countable) A citizen of Russia.
- 1983, Peace and Security in the Atlantic and Pacific Regions, page 69:
  But be that as it may: the Great Russian chauvinist Voznesenskii knew exactly how best to touch upon the asiaphobic nerve of his fellow-countrymen, how to stimulate the deep-rooted irrational fears of the Russians of peril looming from Asia, and how to turn those fears against China.
(countable) An ethnic Russian; a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
(countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.
(uncountable) The Russian language.
- 2015, Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College‎, volume 91, number 361, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393:
  The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶
A domestic cat breed.
A cat of this breed.
(juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
- 2011, jamescoutry24, “Beanbags > Russian”, in rec.juggling (Usenet):
  Ok, I do think I am starting to get used to it, but you have to admit, if youve^[sic] been juggling bags and then start juggling Russians, they feel sooo lopsided to juggle at first!
(MLE, slang) Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).
(MLE, slang) A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).
(South Africa) A kind of sausage.

Verb

Russian (third-person singular simple present Russians, present participle Russianing, simple past and past participle Russianed)

(transitive, obsolete) To compel or force someone as a result of Russian influence or pressure.

Synonyms

(person): Muscovite (archaic), Russ
(language): Russ

Translations

ethnic Russian

Afrikaans: Rus (af)
Albanian: rus (sq) m, ruse f
Arabic: رُوسِيّ (ar) m (rūsiyy), رُوسِيَّة (ar) f (rūsiyya)
Armenian: ռուս (hy) (ṙus)
Middle Armenian: ուռուս (uṙus)
Azerbaijani: rusiyalı, rus (az), urus (dated or dialect), sarıqulaq (literally “yellow ear”) (derogatory)
South Azerbaijani: روس (urus)
Bashkir: урыҫ (urıś), рус (rus)
Basque: errusiar (eu)
Belarusian: ру́скі (be) m (rúski), ру́ская (be) f (rúskaja), расе́ец m (rasjéjec), расе́йка f (rasjéjka)
Bulgarian: русна́к m (rusnák), руски́ня f (ruskínja)
Buryat: ород (orod)
Catalan: rus (ca) m, russa (ca) f
Chechen: оьрси (örsi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俄羅斯人 / 俄罗斯人 (zh) (Éluósīrén); (various terms, especially for ethnic Russians in China) 俄羅斯族 / 俄罗斯族 (zh) (Éluósīzú); 俄羅斯族人 / 俄罗斯族人 (Éluósīzúrén); 俄族 (zh) (Ézú); 俄族人 (Ézúrén)
Chukchi: русиԓьын (rusiḷʹyn)
Chuvash: вырӑс (vyrăs)
Czech: Rus (cs) m, Ruska (cs) f
Danish: russer (da) c
Esperanto: ruso, rusino (female), rusiĉo (male) (unofficial)
Estonian: venelane (et) (male or generic), venelanna (female)
Finnish: venäläinen (fi)
French: Russe (fr) m or f
Galician: ruso (gl) m, rusa (gl) f
Georgian: რუსი (rusi)
German: Russe (de) m, Russin (de) f
Greek: Ρώσος (el) m (Rósos), Ρωσίδα (el) f (Rosída)
Hawaiian: Lūkia
Hindi: रूसी (hi) m or f (rūsī)
Icelandic: Rússi (is) m
Ingrian: venäläin
Irish: Rúiseach m
Japanese: ロシア人 (ja) (ロシアじん, roshiajin)
Kalmyk: орс (ors)
Kazakh: орыс (orys), аққұлақ (aqqūlaq, literally “white ear”) (derogatory), ресейлік (reseilık)
Khakas: орыс (orıs), хазах (xazax)
Khanty:
Northern Khanty: рўщ (rŭsj) (Kazym)
Korean: 러시아인 (reosiain), 로씨야인 (rossiyain) (North Korea), 러시아 사람 (reosia saram), 로씨야 사람 (rossiya saram) (North Korea), 로씨야족 (rossiyajok) (North Korea)
Kumyk: рус (rus)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Rûsî
Kyrgyz: орус (ky) (orus)
Ladin: rus m
Latvian: krievs m, krieviete f
Lithuanian: rusas (lt) m, rusė (lt) f
Macedonian: Русин m (Rusin), Русинка f (Rusinka)
Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros), ᠯᠣᠴᠠ (loca)
Manx: Rooshagh m
Marathi: रशियन (raśiyan)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: орос хүн (oros xün)
Nivkh: лоти (loți)
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} русь (rusʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: russer (no) m

Nynorsk: russar (nn) m
Occitan: rus (oc) m, russa (oc) f
Pashto: روس (ps) m or f (rus)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: روس (fa) (rus), روسی (fa) (rusi)
Polish: Rosjanin (pl) m pers, Rosjanka (pl) f
Portuguese: russo (pt) m, russa (pt) f
Romanian: rus (ro) m, rusă (ro) f, rusoaică (ro) f
Russenorsk: russmann
Russian: ру́сский (ru) m (rússkij), ру́сская (ru) f (rússkaja), ру́сские (ru) pl (rússkije)
Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseanach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ру̏с m, Ру̏скиња f

Roman: Rȕs (sh) m, Rȕskinja f
Shor: қазақ (qazaq), орус (orus)
Slovak: Rus (sk) m, Ruska (sk) f
Slovene: Rús (sl) m, Rúsinja f
Southern Altai: орус (orus), оҥор (oŋor)
Southern Yukaghir: луусии (lūsī)
Spanish: ruso (es) m, rusa (es) f
Tajik: рус (tg) (rus)
Tatar: рус (tt) (rus), (informal) урыс (urıs)
Tofa: орус (orus), орус киши (orus kíşí)
Turkish: Rus (tr)
Turkmen: rus
Tuvan: орус (orus)
Ukrainian: росія́нин (uk) m (rosijányn), росія́нка f (rosijánka)
Urdu: رُوسی m or f (rūsī)
Uyghur: رۇس (rus)
Uzbek: rus (uz)
Venetan: ruso (vec) m
Volapük: rusan, hirusan (male), jirusan (female)
Yakut: нуучча (nuucca)
Yiddish: רוס m (rus), רוסלענדער m (ruslender)

person from Russia

Afrikaans: Rus (af)
Ainu: ヌチャ (nuca), (red foreigner, red "Japanese") フレシサㇺ (hure-sisam)
Albanian: rus (sq) m, ruse f
Aleut: Kasakax̂
Arabic: رُوسِيّ (ar) m (rūsiyy), رُوسِيَّة (ar) f (rūsiyya)
Armenian: ռուսաստանցի (ṙusastancʻi)
Asturian: rusu (ast) m, rusa (ast) f
Azerbaijani: rusiyalı, rus (az)
Bashkir: Рәсәй кешеһе (Rəsəy keşehe), Рәсәй халҡы (Rəsəy xalqı), рәсәйле (rəsəyle)
Basque: errusiar (eu)
Belarusian: расія́нін m (rasijánin), расія́нка f (rasijánka), расе́ец m (rasjéjec), расе́йка f (rasjéjka)
Bulgarian: русна́к m (rusnák), руски́ня f (ruskínja)
Catalan: rus (ca) m, russa (ca) f
Chechen: оьрси (örsi)
Cherokee: ᎠᏲᎾ (ayona)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俄羅斯人 / 俄罗斯人 (zh) (Éluósīrén); 俄國人 / 俄国人 (zh) (Éguórén)
Chuvash: вырӑс (vyrăs)
Czech: Rus (cs) m, Ruska (cs) f
Danish: russer (da) c
Dutch: Rus (nl) m, Russin (nl) f
Esperanto: rusujano, rusujanino (female), {tt (male) (unofficial), {{t|1=eo|2=ruslandano}}, {{t|1=eo|2=ruslandanino}} (female), {{t|1=eo|2=ruslandaniĉo}} (male) (unofficial), (abusive:) {{t|1=eo|2=ruso}} (abusive), {{t|1=eo|2=rusino}} (female), {{t|1=eo|2=rusiĉo}} (male)
Estonian: {{t|1=et|2=venemaalane}}, {{t+|1=et|2=venelane}}
Finnish: {{t+|1=fi|2=venäläinen}}
French: {{t+|1=fr|2=Russe|3=m|4=f}}
Galician: {{t+|1=gl|2=ruso|3=m}}, {{t+|1=gl|2=rusa|3=f}}
Georgian: {{t|1=ka|2=რუსი}}
German: {{t+|1=de|2=Russe|3=m}}, {{t+|1=de|2=Russin|3=f}}, {{t+|1=de|2=Russländer|3=m}} (citizen of Russia), {{t|1=de|2=Russländerin|3=f}} (citizen of Russia), {{t+|1=de|2=Reuße|3=m}} (obsolete), {{t+|1=de|2=Reusse|3=m}} (obsolete, Switzerland & Liechtenstein), {{t+|1=de|2=Reußin|3=f}} (obsolete), {{t+|1=de|2=Reussin|3=f}} (obsolete, Switzerland & Liechtenstein)
Greek: {{t+|1=el|2=Ρώσος|3=m}}, {{t+|1=el|2=Ρωσίδα|3=f}}
Greenlandic: {{t|1=kl|2=russeq}}
Guaraní: rrusiagua
Hawaiian: {{t|1=haw|2=Lūkia}}
Hebrew: {{t+|1=he|2=רוּסִי|3=m|tr=rusí}}, {{t+|1=he|2=רוּסִיָּה|3=f|tr=rusiyá}}
Hindi: {{t+|1=hi|2=रूसी|3=m|4=f}}
Hungarian: {{t+|1=hu|2=orosz}}, (pejorative) {{t+|1=hu|2=ruszki}}
Icelandic: {{t+|1=is|2=Rússi|3=m}}
Indonesian: {{t|1=id|2=orang Rusia}}
Ingrian: venäläin
Interlingua: {{t+|1=ia|2=russo|3=m}}, {{t|1=ia|2=russa|3=f}}
Irish: {{t|1=ga|2=Rúiseach|3=m}}
Italian: {{t+|1=it|2=russo|3=m}}, {{t+|1=it|2=russa|3=f}}
Japanese: {{t+|1=ja|2=ロシア人|tr=ロシアじん, Roshia-jin}}
Kazakh: {{t|1=kk|2=орус}}, {{t|1=kk|2=орыс}}, ресейлік (reseilık)
Khmer: {{t|1=km|2=រុស្ស៊ី}}, {{t|1=km|2=ជាតិ រុស្ស៊ី|tr=ciət rusii}}
Korean: {{t|1=ko|2=러시아인}}, 로씨야인 (rossiyain) (North Korea), {{t|1=ko|2=러시아 사람}}, 로씨야 사람 (rossiya saram) (North Korea), 로씨야족 (rossiyajok) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: {{t|1=ckb|2=ڕوسی}}

Northern Kurdish: {{t|1=kmr|2=Rûsî}}
Kyrgyz: {{t+|1=ky|2=орус}}, {{t+|1=ky|2=орусиялык}}
Ladin: {{t|1=lld|2=rus|3=m}}
Lao: {{t|1=lo|2=ຄົນລັດເຊຍ}}
Latgalian: {{t|1=ltg|2=krīvs|3=m}}, {{t|1=ltg|2=krīvīte|3=f}}
Latin: {{t|1=la|2=russus|3=m}}
Latvian: {{t|1=lv|2=krievs|3=m}}, {{t|1=lv|2=krieviete|3=f}}
Lithuanian: {{t+|1=lt|2=rusas|3=m}}, {{t+|1=lt|2=rusė|3=f}}
Macedonian: {{t|1=mk|2=Русин|3=m}}, {{t|1=mk|2=Русинка|3=f}}
Malay: orang Rusia
Manx: {{t|1=gv|2=Rooshagh|3=m}}
Marathi: {{t|1=mr|2=रशियन}}
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: {{t|1=mn|2=орос хүн}}
Norwegian:
Bokmål: {{t+|1=nb|2=russer|3=m}}

Nynorsk: {{t+|1=nn|2=russar|3=m}}
Ossetian: {{t|1=os|2=уырыссаг}}
Pashto: {{t+|1=ps|2=روس|3=m|4=f|tr=rus}}
Persian:
Iranian Persian: {{t+|1=fa-ira|2=روس}}, {{t+|1=fa-ira|2=روسی}}
Polish: {{t+|1=pl|2=Rosjanin|3=m-pr}}, {{t+|1=pl|2=Rosjanka|3=f}}, {{t+|1=pl|2=Rusek|3=m}} (colloquial), {{t+|1=pl|2=Ruski}} (colloquial), {{t|1=pl|2=Moskwicin|3=m}} (archaic), {{t+|1=pl|2=Moskal|3=m}} (archaic, today derogatory)
Portuguese: {{t+|1=pt|2=russo|3=m}}, {{t+|1=pt|2=russa|3=f}}
Romanian: {{t+|1=ro|2=rus|3=m}}, {{t+|1=ro|2=rusoaică|3=f}}, {{t+|1=ro|2=rusă|3=f}}
Russian: {{t+|1=ru|2=россия́нин|3=m}}, {{t+|1=ru|2=россия́нка|3=f}}, {{t+|1=ru|2=россия́не|3=m-p}}
Scottish Gaelic: {{t|1=gd|2=Ruiseanach|3=m}}
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: {{t|1=sh|2=Ру̏с|3=m}}, {{t|1=sh|2=Ру̏скиња|3=f}}

Roman: {{t+|1=sh|2=Rȕs|3=m}}, {{t|1=sh|2=Rȕskinja|3=f}}
Slovak: {{t+|1=sk|2=Rus|3=m}}, {{t+|1=sk|2=Ruska|3=f}}
Slovene: {{t+|1=sl|2=Rús|3=m}}, {{t|1=sl|2=Rúsinja|3=f}}
Spanish: {{t+|1=es|2=ruso|3=m}}, {{t+|1=es|2=rusa|3=f}}
Svan: {{t|1=sva|2=მურვის}}
Swahili: {{t+|1=sw|2=mrashia}}
Swedish: {{t+|1=sv|2=ryss|3=c}}, {{t+|1=sv|2=ryska|3=c}} (female)
Tajik: {{t+|1=tg|2=рус}}, {{t+|1=tg|2=русӣ}}
Tatar: {{t|1=tt|2=рәсәйле}}
Telugu: {{t|1=te|2=రష్యను}}
Thai: {{t|1=th|2=คน รัสเซีย|tr=kon rát-siia}}, {{t|1=th|2=ชาว รัสเซีย|tr=chaao rát-siia}}
Tibetan: {{t|1=bo|2=ཨུ་རུ་སུ་མི}}
Turkish: {{t+|1=tr|2=Rus}}, {{t|1=tr|2=Rusyalı}}
Turkmen: {{t|1=tk|2=rus}}
Ukrainian: {{t+|1=uk|2=росія́нин|3=m}}, {{t|1=uk|2=росія́нка|3=f}}
Urdu: رُوسی m or f (rūsī)
Uyghur: {{t|1=ug|2=رۇس}}
Uzbek: {{t+|1=uz|2=rus}}
Venetan: {{t+|1=vec|2=ruso|3=m}}, {{t+|1=vec|2=rusa|3=f}}
Vietnamese: {{t|1=vi|2=người Nga}}
Volapük: {{t+|1=vo|2=Rusänan}}, {{t|1=vo|2=hi-Rusänan}} (male), {{t|1=vo|2=ji-Rusänan}} (female), {{t|1=vo|2=Lusänel}} (obsolete), {{t|1=vo|2=Rusänel}}, (obsolete)
Yakut: {{t|1=sah|2=нуучча}}
Yiddish: {{t|1=yi|2=רוס|3=m}}, {{t|1=yi|2=רוסלענדער|3=m}}

Russian (language)

Abkhaz: {{t|1=ab|2=урыс бызшәа}}
Adyghe: {{t|1=ady|2=урысыбзэ}}
Afrikaans: {{t+|1=af|2=Russies}}
Ainu: {{t|1=ain|2=ヌチャ|tr=nuca}}, {{t|1=ain|2=ヌチャイタㇰ|tr=nuca itak}}
Akan: {{t|1=ak|2=Rɔhyea kasa}}
Albanian: {{t|1=sq|2=gjuha ruse|3=f}}
Amharic: {{t|1=am|2=መስኮብኛ}}
Arabic: {{t|1=ar|2=الرُّوسِيَّة|3=f}}, {{t|1=ar|2=اللُّغَة الرُّوسِيَّة|3=f|tr=al-luḡa r-rūsiyya}}, {{t+|1=ar|2=رُوسِيّ|3=m}} (colloquial)
Egyptian Arabic: {{t|1=arz|2=روسى|3=m|tr=rūsī}}
Armenian: {{t+|1=hy|2=ռուսերեն}}
Asturian: {{t+|1=ast|2=rusu|3=m}}
Azerbaijani: {{t+|1=az|2=rusca}}
Cyrillic: {{t|1=az|2=русҹа}}
Bashkir: {{t|1=ba|2=урыҫ теле}}, {{t|1=ba|2=рус теле}}, {{t|1=ba|2=урыҫса}}, {{t|1=ba|2=русса}}
Basque: {{t+|1=eu|2=errusiera}}
Belarusian: {{t|1=be|2=ру́ская мо́ва|3=f}}, {{t+|1=be|2=ру́ская|3=f}}, {{t|1=be|2=расе́йская мо́ва|3=f}} (Taraškevica orthography)
Bengali: {{t|1=bn|2=ভাষা রুশ|3=f}}, {{t+|1=bn|2=রুশ}}, {{t|1=bn|2=রাশান}} (colloquial), {{t|1=bn|2=রাশিয়ান}} (colloquial), {{t|1=bn|2=রুশী}}, {{t|1=bn|2=রুশি}}
Breton: {{t|1=br|2=Ruseg}}, {{t|1=br|2=Rusianeg}}
Bulgarian: {{t+|1=bg|2=ру́ски|3=m}} (ези́к)
Burmese: {{t|1=my|2=ရုရှားစကား}}, {{t|1=my|2=ရုရှားဘာသာ}}
Buryat: {{t|1=bua|2=ород хэлэн}}
Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|1=rue|2=росі́йскый язы́к|3=m}}, {{t|1=rue|2=ру́ськый язы́к|3=m}}, {{t|1=rue|2=ру́штина|3=f}}
Catalan: {{t+|1=ca|2=rus|3=m}}
Chechen: {{t|1=ce|2=оьрсийн}}, {{t|1=ce|2=оьрсийн мотт}}
Cherokee: {{t|1=chr|2=ᏲᏂ}}, {{t|1=chr|2=ᎠᏂᏲᎾ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ}}
Chinese:
Cantonese: 俄語 / 俄语 (ngo⁴ jyu⁵), 俄文 (ngo⁴ man^4-2)

Dungan: {{t|1=dng|2=вурус хуа}}

Mandarin: {{t+|1=cmn|2=俄語|tr=éyǔ}}, {{t|1=cmn|2=俄羅斯語|tr=éluósīyǔ}}, {{t+|1=cmn|2=俄文|tr=éwén}}

Wu: 俄語 / 俄语 (⁶ngu-gniu)
Chukchi: {{t|1=ckt|2=русиԓьымиԓ|tr=rusiḷʹymiḷ}}
Chuvash: {{t|1=cv|2=вырӑсла}}
Czech: {{t+|1=cs|2=ruština|3=f}}, {{t|1=cs|2=ruský jazyk|3=m}}
Danish: {{t+|1=da|2=russisk|3=n}}
Daur: {{t|1=dta|2=луаач хэль|tr=luaač helʹ}}
Dutch: {{t+|1=nl|2=Russisch|3=n}}
Eastern Mari: {{t|1=mhr|2=руш}}
Erzya: {{t|1=myv|2=рузонь кель}}, {{t|1=myv|2=рузонь}}
Esperanto: {{t+|1=eo|2=Rusa}}
Estonian: {{t|1=et|2=vene keel}}, {{t+|1=et|2=vene}}
Faroese: {{t+|1=fo|2=russiskt}}
Finnish: {{t+|1=fi|2=venäjä}}, {{t|1=fi|2=venäjän kieli}}
French: {{t+|1=fr|2=russe|3=m}}, {{t|1=fr|2=langue russe|3=f}}, {{t+|1=fr|2=langue de Tolstoï|3=f}} (lit. language of Tolstoy)
Galician: {{t+|1=gl|2=ruso|3=m}}
Georgian: {{t+|1=ka|2=რუსული}}, {{t|1=ka|2=რუსული ენა}}
German: {{t+|1=de|2=Russisch|3=n}}, {{t|1=de|2=russische Sprache|3=f}}
Greek: {{t+|1=el|2=ρωσικά|3=n-p}}, {{t+|1=el|2=ρώσικα|3=n-p}} (Katharevousa form)
Greenlandic: {{t|1=kl|2=russisut}}
Gujarati: {{t|1=gu|2=રશિયન}}
Hebrew: {{t+|1=he|2=רוּסִית|3=f|tr=rusít}}
Hindi: {{t|1=hi|2=रशियन}}, {{t+|1=hi|2=रूसी|3=f}}, {{t|1=hi|2=भाषा रूसी|3=f}}
Hungarian: {{t+|1=hu|2=orosz}}
Icelandic: {{t+|1=is|2=rússneska|3=f}}
Inari Sami: {{t|1=smn|2=ruošakiela}}
Indonesian: {{t|1=id|2=bahasa Rusia}}, {{t+|1=id|2=Rusia}}
Ingrian: venät, vennää
Ingush: {{t|1=inh|2=эрсий мотт}}
Interlingua: {{t+|1=ia|2=russo}}
Irish: {{t|1=ga|2=Rúisis|3=f}}
Italian: {{t+|1=it|2=russo|3=m}}
Japanese: {{t+|1=ja|2=ロシア語|tr=ロシアご, roshiago}}, {{t+|1=ja|2=露語|tr=ろご, rogo}} (dated)
Kannada: {{t|1=kn|2=ರಶ್ಯನ್}}
Karelian: {{t|1=krl|2=Veńiä}}
Kashubian: {{t|1=csb|2=rusczi|3=m}}
Kazakh: {{t|1=kk|2=орыс тілі}}, {{t|1=kk|2=орысша}}
Khmer: {{t|1=km|2=ភាសា រុស្ស៊ី|tr=phiəsaa rusii}}
Komi-Permyak: {{t|1=koi|2=роч кыв}}
Komi-Zyrian: {{t|1=kpv|2=роч кыв}}
Korean: {{t+|1=ko|2=러시아어}}, {{t|1=ko|2=러시아말}}, {{t|1=ko|2=노어}}, {{t|1=ko|2=로어}} (North Korea)
Kumyk: {{t|1=kum|2=рус тил}}
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: {{t|1=ckb|2=ڕوسی}}

Northern Kurdish: {{t|1=kmr|2=Ûrisî}}
Kven: {{t|1=fkv|2=ryssä}}, {{t|1=fkv|2=venäjä}}
Kyrgyz: {{t+|1=ky|2=орус}}, {{t|1=ky|2=орус тілі}}, {{t+|1=ky|2=орусча}}
Lao: {{t|1=lo|2=ພາສາ ລັດເຊຍ}}
Latin: {{t|1=la|2=lingua Ruthenica|3=f}}, {{t|1=la|2=Ruthenica|3=f}}
Latvian: {{t|1=lv|2=krievu}}, {{t|1=lv|2=krievu valoda|3=f}}
Limburgish: {{t|1=li|2=Rössisj|3=n}}
Lithuanian: {{t+|1=lt|2=rusų kalba|3=f}}, {{t+|1=lt|2=rusų}}
Macedonian: {{t|1=mk|2=руски|3=m}} (јазик)
Malay: {{t|1=ms|2=bahasa Rusia}}, {{t+|1=ms|2=Rusia}}
Malayalam: {{t|1=ml|2=റഷ്യന്}}
Maltese: {{t+|1=mt|2=Russu}}
Manx: {{t|1=gv|2=Rooshish|3=f}}
Mapudungun: {{t|1=arn|2=rusia dungun}}
Marathi: {{t|1=mr|2=रशियन}}
Moksha: {{t|1=mdf|2=рузонь}}
Mongolian: {{t|1=mn|2=орос хэл}}, {{t|1=mn|2=оросоор}}
Mongolian: {{t|1=mn|2=ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ}}, {{t|1=mn|2=ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ}}
Navajo: {{t|1=nv|2=Biʼééʼ łichííʼí bizaad}}
Nepali: {{t|1=ne|2=रसियाली}}
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} русь ла̄тыӈ (rusʹ lātyň)
Northern Sami: {{t|1=se|2=ruoššagiella}}
Norwegian:
Bokmål: {{t+|1=nb|2=russisk}}

Nynorsk: {{t+|1=nn|2=russisk}}
Occitan: {{t+|1=oc|2=rus|3=m}}
Ossetian: {{t|1=os|2=уырыссаг}}
Pashto: {{t+|1=ps|2=روسی|tr=rūsī}}
Persian:
Iranian Persian: {{t+|1=fa-ira|2=روسی}}, {{t|1=fa-ira|2=زَبانِ روسی}}
Polish: {{t|1=pl|2=język rosyjski|3=m-in}}, {{t+|1=pl|2=ruszczyzna|3=f}}, {{t+|1=pl|2=ruski|3=m-in}} (colloquial)
Portuguese: {{t+|1=pt|2=russo|3=m}}
Romanian: {{t+|1=ro|2=rusă|3=f}}, {{t|1=ro|2=limba rusă|3=f}}, {{t+|1=ro|2=rusește}} (adverbial)
Russian: {{t|1=ru|2=ру́сский язы́к|3=m}}, {{t+|1=ru|2=ру́сский|3=m}}
Sanskrit: {{t|1=sa|2=भाषा रूसी}}
Scots: {{t|1=sco|2=Roushie}}
Scottish Gaelic: {{t|1=gd|2=Ruiseis|3=f}}
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: {{t|1=sh|2=ру̏скӣ|3=m}}, {{t|1=sh|2=ру̏скӣ јѐзик|3=m}}

Roman: {{t+|1=sh|2=rȕskī|3=m}}, {{t|1=sh|2=rȕskī jèzik|3=m}}
Shor: {{t|1=cjs|2=қазақ тілі|tr=qazaq tili}}, {{t|1=cjs|2=орус тілі|tr=orus tili}}
Sinhalese: {{t+|1=si|2=රුසියානු}}, {{t|1=si|2=භාෂාව රුසියාන}}
Slovak: {{t+|1=sk|2=ruština|3=f}}
Slovene: {{t+|1=sl|2=rúščina|3=f}}
Somali: {{t|1=so|2=Ruush}}
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: {{t+|1=hsb|2=rušćina|3=f}}
Southern Altai: {{t|1=alt|2=орус тил}}, {{t|1=alt|2=оҥор тил}}
Spanish: {{t+|1=es|2=ruso|3=m}}
Swahili: {{t|1=sw|2=Kirusi}}
Swedish: {{t+|1=sv|2=ryska|3=c}}
Tagalog: {{t+|1=tl|2=Ruso}}
Tajik: {{t+|1=tg|2=забони русӣ}}, {{t+|1=tg|2=русӣ}}
Tamil: {{t|1=ta|2=ருஸ்சியன்}}
Tatar: {{t|1=tt|2=урыс теле}}, {{t+|1=tt|2=рус}}, {{t|1=tt|2=урыс}} (informal), {{t|1=tt|2=урысча}}
Telugu: {{t|1=te|2=రష్యను}}
Thai: {{t|1=th|2=ภาษา รัสเซีย|tr=paa-sǎa rát-siia}}
Tibetan: {{t|1=bo|2=ཨུ་རུ་སུའི་སྐད}}
Tigrinya: {{t|1=ti|2=ራሽኛ}}
Tofa: {{t|1=kim|2=орус дыл|tr=orus dıl}}
Turkish: {{t+|1=tr|2=Rusça}}
Turkmen: {{t|1=tk|2=rus dili}}, {{t|1=tk|2=rusça}}
Cyrillic: {{t|1=tk|2=рус дили}}, {{t|1=tk|2=русча}}
Udmurt: {{t|1=udm|2=ӟуч кыл}}
Ukrainian: {{t|1=uk|2=росі́йська мо́ва|3=f}}, {{t+|1=uk|2=росі́йська|3=f}}
Urdu: رُوسی f (rūsī)
Uyghur: {{t|1=ug|2=رۇسچە}}
Cyrillic: {{t|1=ug|2=русчә}}
Uzbek: {{t|1=uz|2=rus tili}}, {{t+|1=uz|2=ruscha}}, {{t+|1=uz|2=oʻrischa}}
Cyrillic: {{t|1=uz|2=рус тили}}, {{t|1=uz|2=русча}}, {{t|1=uz|2=ўрисча}}
Venetan: {{t+|1=vec|2=ruso|3=m}}
Vietnamese: {{t+|1=vi|2=tiếng Nga}}
Volapük: {{t+|1=vo|2=Rusänapük}}, {{t|1=vo|2=Rusapük}} (obsolete)
Walloon: {{t|1=wa|2=Rûsse}}
Welsh: {{t|1=cy|2=Rwsieg}}
Yakut: {{t|1=sah|2=нууччалыы}}
Yiddish: {{t+|1=yi|2=רוסיש|3=n}}
Zazaki: Ruski (diq)
Zulu: {{t|1=zu|2=Isirashiya}}

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