Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable)A native or inhabitant of Russia.

    Russe, Russin, Russländer

    россия́нинrossijánin, россия́нкаrossijánka, россия́неrossijáne

    росія́нинrosijányn, росія́нкаrosijánka

    a native or inhabitant of Russia

  2. (countable)A person of an East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia; an ethnic Russian.

    Russe, Russin

    ру́сскийrússkij, ру́сскаяrússkaja, ру́сскиеrússkije

    росія́нинrosijányn, росія́нкаrosijánka

  3. (uncountable)The Russian language.

    Russisch, russische Sprache

    ру́сский язы́кrússkij jazýk, ру́сскийrússkij

    росі́йська мо́ваrosíjsʹka móva, росі́йськаrosíjsʹka

    the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia

  4. (countable, uncountable)A domestic cat breed.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A cat of this breed.

  6. (countable, rare, singular, uncountable)A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.

  7. (Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).

  8. (Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).

  9. (South Africa, countable, uncountable)A kind of sausage derived from Russian kolbasa.

  10. (countable, obsolete)A person from the Soviet Union.

Examples

876 sentences
  1. He can speak Russian as well.

    Він може також говорити російською.

    ruОн и по-русски говорит.

    deEr spricht auch Russisch.

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  2. He can speak Russian, too.

    Він може також говорити російською.

    ruОн и по-русски говорит.

    deEr spricht auch Russisch.

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  3. He can also speak Russian.

    Він може також говорити російською.

    ruОн и по-русски говорит.

    deEr spricht auch Russisch.

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  4. Do you speak Ukrainian or Russian?

    Ти розмовляєш українською чи російською?

    ruВы говорите по-украински или по-русски?

    deSprichst du Ukrainisch oder Russisch?

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  5. I speak Russian.

    Я говорю російською.

    ruЯ говорю по-русски.

    deIch spreche Russisch.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
native or inhabitant of Russia:
Russian (language):
Русский
By meaning 3
native or inhabitant of Russia:
ethnic Russian:
Russian (language):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
native or inhabitant of Russia:
Russian (language):

Origin

From Medieval Latin (11th century) Russiānus, from Russia, a Latinization of the Old East

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.

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Forms

plural: Russians
SingularRussian
PluralRussians

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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