Russian

Russian

adj.

1. Of or relating to Russia or its people, language, or culture.

2. Of or relating to the former Soviet Union.

n.

1.

a. A native or inhabitant of Russia.

b. A person of Russian descent.

c. A native or inhabitant of the former Soviet Union.

2. The East Slavic language of the Russians, used as the official language of Russia and widely as a second language within the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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[Medieval Latin Russinus, from Old Russian Rus, Vikings, Rus, from Old Norse *rdhs(menn) or ródhs(karlar), seafarers, from rdhr, rowing; see er- in Indo-European roots.]

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Russian

Adjective

of Russia

Noun

1. a person from Russia

2. the official language of Russia and, formerly, of the Soviet Union

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Russia - formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" Tatar - a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) Udmurt, Votyak - a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia Komi - a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari - a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian - a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built Carelian, Karelian - a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia Khanty, Ostyak - a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian - a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia Nganasan - a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup - one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia Samoyed - a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia Veps, Vepse, Vepsian - a member of a Finnish people of Russia Mansi, Vogul - a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals Yeniseian - a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia Great Russian - a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia Muscovite - a resident of Moscow Georgian - a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia Siberian - a native or inhabitant of Siberia Chechen - a native or inhabitant of Chechnya
	2.	Russian - the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language - a branch of the Indo-European family of languages Russia, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR - a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
Adj.	1.	Russian - of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; "Russian dancing"

Translations

Russian [ˈrʌʃən] adj → ruso

n → ruso/a;

(LING) → ruso

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Russian [ˈrʌʃən] Russia adj → russe

n → Russe m/f;

(Ling) → russe m

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Russian [ˈrʌʃən] Russia adj → russisch

n (person) → Russe m, Russin f;

(Ling) → Russisch nt

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Russian [ˈrʌʃən] adj → russo/a

n → russo/a;

(LING) → russo