Meaning

4 senses

  1. Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

    russisch, russländisch

    росси́йскийrossíjskij, ру́сскийrússkij

    росі́йськийrosíjsʹkyj

    of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language

  2. (dated)Of or pertaining to the Soviet Union.

  3. (dated)Of or pertaining to Rus.

    altrussisch, russisch

    ру́сскийrússkij, древнеру́сскийdrevnerússkij

    ру́ськийrúsʹkyj, давньору́ськийdavnʹorúsʹkyj

  4. Of or pertaining to the Russian language.

    russisch

    ру́сскийrússkij

    росі́йськийrosíjsʹkyj

Examples

876 sentences

  1. He can speak Russian as well.

    Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak

    ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s

    deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He can speak Russian, too.

    Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak

    ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s

    deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. He can also speak Russian.

    Він може також говорити російською. — aandrusiak

    ruОн и по-русски говорит. — ae5s

    deEr spricht auch Russisch. — MUIRIEL

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. 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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  5. I speak Russian.

    Я говорю російською. — deniko

    ruЯ говорю по-русски. — Selena777

    deIch spreche Russisch. — freddy1

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to Russia:
of or pertaining to Rus:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to Russia:
of or pertaining to Rus:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to Russia:
of or pertaining to Rus:

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

more Russian, most Russian
Comparativemore Russian Lesson
Superlativemost Russian Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
SovietB2MuscoviteRossiyanRuss

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rushA2russetrustrustic
Russian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto