Russian
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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
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
Derived terms
- anti-Russian
- Black Russian
- Black Russian Terrier
- Blue Russian
- dwarf Russian almond
- Great Russian
- Little Russian
- New Russian
- non-Russian
- piss like a Russian racehorse
- Red Russian kale
- RuSSian
- Russian almond
- Russian backgammon
- Russian bagatelle
- Russian ball
- Russian Bank
- Russian bank
- Russian Banker
- Russian bar
- Russian bath
- Russian billiards
- Russian black bread
- Russian blouse
- Russian Blue
- Russian blue
- Russian boot
- Russian braid
- Russian cedar
- Russian chess
- Russian cigarette
- Russian comfrey
- Russian copulation
- Russian crash
- Russian cubit
- Russian cypress
- Russian dandelion
- Russian deal
- Russian desman
- Russian diaper
- Russian dinner
- Russian dip
- Russian doll
- Russian dressing
- Russian eagle
- Russian Easter bread
- Russian Easter egg
- Russian egg
- Russian elm
- Russian embroidery
- Russian encephalitis
- Russian Federation
- Russian flu
- Russian formalism
- Russian Game
- Russian gauge
- Russian gold
- Russian Hill
- Russian iron
- Russianisation
- Russianise
- Russianization
- Russianize
- Russian kale
- Russian knapweed
- Russian larch
- Russian longhair
- Russian Manchooria
- Russian Manchuria
- Russian mulberry
- Russian novel effect
- Russian olive
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Russian oven
- Russian peasant multiplication
- Russian pyramid
- Russian reversal
- Russian Revolution
- Russian River
- Russian roulette
- Russian sable
- Russian sage
- Russian salad
- Russian scandal
- Russian Sign Language
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Russian spring–summer encephalitis
- Russian steamroller
- Russian stitch
- Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
- Russian swing
- Russian tea
- Russian thistle
- Russian Toy
- Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka
- Russian twist
- Russian vine
- Russian violet
- Russian wheat aphid
- Russian White House
- Russian Wolfhound
- Russian world
- Russian wormwood
- Ruzzian
- Ruᛋᛋian
- White Russian
- winter white Russian hamster
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
of or pertaining to Russia
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of or pertaining to the Soviet Union — see Soviet
of or pertaining to Rus
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of or pertaining to the Russian language
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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.
- (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
Translations
ethnic Russian
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person from Russia
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Russian (language)
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See also
Russian (cat) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Wiktionary's coverage of Russian terms
Further reading
- ISO 639-1 code ru, ISO 639-3 code rus (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Russian, rus
See also
- Appendix:Russian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Russian
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