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Rus·sian (r sh n)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.
[Medieval Latin Russi nus, from Old Russian Rus , Vikings, Rus, from Old Norse *r dhs(menn) or ródhs(karlar), seafarers, from r dhr, rowing; see er - in Indo-European roots.] |
Russian [ˈrʌʃən]n1. (Linguistics / Languages) the official language of Russia: an Indo-European language belonging to the East Slavonic branch 2. (Linguistics / Languages) the official language of the former Soviet Union 3. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Russia adj (Placename) (Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) of, relating to, or characteristic of Russia, its people, or their language
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia 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 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 Samoyed - a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia 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 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 | | Adj. | 1. | Russian - of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; "Russian dancing" |
Translations Russian [ˈrʌʃən]B. N1. (= person) → ruso/a m/f
Russian n (Ling) → Russisch nt; Russian teacher → Russischlehrer(in) m(f) Russian: Russian dressing n pikant gewürzte Mayonnaise mit gehackten Salzgurken
Russian [ˈrʌʃ/ən]1. adj → russo/a 2. n ( person) → russo/a; ( language) → russo
Russian → اللغة الروسية, روسي, روسي الجنسية Rus, ruský, ruština russer, russisk Russe, russisch Ρωσικά, ρωσικός, Ρώσος ruso venäjä, venäläinen Russe Rus, ruski russo ロシアの, ロシア人, ロシア語 러시아 사람, 러시아어, 러시아의 Rus, Russisch russer, russisk język rosyjski, Rosjanin, rosyjski russo русский, русский язык rysk, ryska, ryss เกี่ยวกับรัสเซีย, ชาวรัสเซีย, ภาษารัสเซีย Rus, Rusça người Nga, thuộc Nga, tiếng Nga 俄罗斯人, 俄罗斯的, 俄语
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