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Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union.
  3. Of or pertaining to Rus.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
noun
  1. A citizen of Russia.
  2. An ethnic Russian; a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
  3. A person from the Soviet Union.
  4. The Russian language.
  5. A domestic cat breed.
  6. A cat of this breed.
  7. A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
  8. Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).
  9. A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).
  10. A kind of sausage derived from Russian kolbasa.
name
  1. A surname.
verb
  1. To compel or force someone as a result of Russian influence or pressure.
adj
  1. Russian.
noun
  1. A Russian person.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/ en-us-Russian.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Russian.wav /ˈɹʊʃ(ə)n/ /ˈɾʌʃ(ə)n/

Word forms

Russian more Russian most Russian Ru. Russians Russianing Russianed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Muscovite Rossiyan Russ Soviet

Related words

derussify Russ Russify Russo- Wiktionary’s coverage of Russian terms RuSSia Ruzzian Ruᛋᛋian

Derived words

Black Russian Black Russian Terrier Blue Russian dwarf Russian almond Four-Russians Great Russian Laurussia Little Russian New Russian non-Russian piss like a Russian racehorse pseudo-Russian Red Russian kale Russiagate RuSSian Russian almond Russian backgammon Russian bagatelle Russian ball Russian bank Russian Banker Russian bar Russian bath Russian billiards Russian black bread Russian blouse Russian Blue Russian blue potato 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 green

Translations

Afrikaans: Rus Ainu: ヌチャ Ainu: フレシサㇺ Albanian: rus Albanian: ruse Aleut: Kasakax̂ Southern Altai: орус Arabic: رُوسِيّ Arabic: رُوسِيَّة Armenian: ռուսաստանցի Asturian: rusu Asturian: rusa Azerbaijani: rusiyalı Azerbaijani: rus Bashkir: Рәсәй кешеһе Bashkir: Рәсәй халҡы Bashkir: рәсәйле Basque: errusiar Belarusian: расія́нін Belarusian: расія́нка Belarusian: расе́ец Belarusian: расе́йка Bulgarian: русна́к Bulgarian: руски́ня Catalan: rus Catalan: russa Chechen: оьрси Cherokee: ᎠᏲᎾ Chinese Mandarin: 俄羅斯人 /俄罗斯人 Chinese Mandarin: 俄國人 /俄国人 Chuvash: вырӑс Czech: Rus Czech: Ruska Danish: russer Dutch: Rus Dutch: Russin Esperanto: rusujano Esperanto: rusujanino Esperanto: rusujaniĉo Esperanto: ruslandano Esperanto: ruslandanino Esperanto: ruslandaniĉo Esperanto: ruso Esperanto: rusino Esperanto: rusiĉo Estonian: venemaalane Estonian: venelane Finnish: venäläinen French: Russe Galician: ruso Galician: rusa Georgian: რუსი German: Russe German: Russin German: Russländer German: Russländerin German: Reuße German: Reusse German: Reußin German: Reussin Greek: Ρώσος Greek: Ρωσίδα Greenlandic: russeq Paraguayan Guarani: rrusiagua Hawaiian: Lūkia Hebrew: רוּסִי Hebrew: רוּסִיָּה Hindi: रूसी Hungarian: orosz Hungarian: ruszki Icelandic: Rússi Indonesian: orang Rusia Ingrian: venäläin Interlingua: russo Interlingua: russa Irish: Rúiseach
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