A2noun · countable / uncountable · frequent

Russian

Russian · Russians

росіянин, росіянка, російська, російська мова

русский, россияне, русские, русская

Russe, Russin, russische Sprache, Russisch

A native or inhabitant of RussiaA native or inhabitant of Russia.

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/ˈɹʌʃ(ə)n/

» He can speak Russian as well.

Er spricht auch Russisch.

Он и по-русски говорит.

Він може також говорити російською.

Він і російською розмовляє.

Він може розмовляти і російською.

Meaning

10 senses

(countable)A native or inhabitant of Russia.
Russe, Russin, Russländer
россия́нинrossijánin, россия́нкаrossijánka, россия́неrossijáne
росія́нинrosijányn, росія́нкаrosijánka
a native or inhabitant of Russia
(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)A domestic cat breed.
(countable, uncountable)A cat of this breed.
(countable, rare, singular, uncountable)A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
(Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)Someone from or around Brandon Estate (also known as Moscow).
(Multicultural London English, countable, slang, uncountable)A gun (due to some preference for Russian arms with gang members).
(South Africa, countable, uncountable)A kind of sausage derived from Russian kolbasa.
(countable, obsolete)A person from the Soviet Union.

Examples

876 sentences

He can speak Russian as well.
Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak
ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s
deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He can speak Russian, too.
Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak
ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s
deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL
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He can also speak Russian.
Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak
ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s
deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL
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Do you speak Ukrainian or Russian?
Ти розмовляєш українською чи російською? — User55521
ruВы говорите по-украински или по-русски? — marafon
deSprichst du Ukrainisch oder Russisch? — sakslane
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I speak Russian.
Я говорю російською. — deniko
ruЯ говорю по-русски. — Selena777
deIch spreche Russisch. — freddy1
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Ricardo14 · A1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

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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