Russian

Etymology
From medieval Latin (11th century) Russianus, the adjective of Russia, a latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь. In English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century.

Pronunciation

 * (RUH-sh'n)

Noun

 * 1) A person from Russia.
 * 2) An ethnic Russian.
 * 3) A domestic cat breed.
 * 4) A cat of this breed.

Translations

 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: errusiar
 * Belarusian: расіянін, расіянка
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Bulgarian: руснак, рускиня
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Croatian: Rus, Ruskinja
 * Czech:, Ruska
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: venelane, venelanna, venelased
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , (cf. []) ,
 * Hebrew:, ,  רוסים,  רוסיות
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: rússki, rússka
 * Indonesian: orang Rusia
 * Interlingua: russo, russa
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: орус
 * Korean: 러시아인, 러시아 사람
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ڕوسی
 * Kyrgyz: орус
 * Latvian: krievs, krieviete


 * Lithuanian: rusas, rusė
 * Macedonian: Русин, Русинка
 * Malay: orang Rusia
 * Manx: Rooshagh
 * Mongolian: орос хүн
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Ossetian: уырыссаг (uyryssag)
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: rus, rusoiacă , ruscă
 * Russian:, , россияне
 * Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseanach
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: Рус, Рускиња
 * Roman: Rus, Ruskinja
 * Slovak:, Ruska
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: mrashia
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: рус, русӣ
 * Tatar: рәсәйле
 * Thai: คนรัสเซีย, ชาวรัสเซีย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: росіянин, росіянка
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: người Nga
 * Volapük: Rusänan,  hi-Rusänan,  ji-Rusänan,  Lusänel, Rusänel


 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: errusiar
 * Belarusian: рускі, руская
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, Ruska
 * Estonian: venelane, venelanna
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 러시아인
 * Latvian: krievs, krieviete
 * Lithuanian: rusas, rusė


 * Macedonian: Руски
 * Manx: Rooshagh
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,  русские
 * Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseanach
 * Slovak:, Ruska
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tatar: Rus, informal Urıs
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: росіянин, росіянка
 * Volapük: rusan (cf. Rusänan, Lusänel, Rusänel),  hirusan,  jirusan
 * Yakut:

Proper noun

 * 1) The Russian language.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Russies
 * Albanian: rusisht, gjuha ruse
 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: rusça, русҹа
 * Basque: errusiera
 * Belarusian: руская, руская мова, расейская мова
 * Bengali:, রুশ, রাশান , রাশিয়ান ,  রুশী,  রুশি
 * Bosnian: ruski
 * Breton: Ruseg, Rusianeg
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ရုရှားစကား, ရုရှားဘာသာ
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 俄文
 * Croatian: ruski
 * Czech: ruština, ruský jazyk
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: рузонь кель (ruzon’ kel’), рузонь (ruzon’), Рузонь (Ruzon’)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Faroese: Russiskt
 * Finnish:, venäjän kieli
 * French:, langue russe
 * Georgian:, რუსული ენა
 * German:, russische Sprache
 * Gujarati: રશિયન
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: रशियन,, रूसी भाषा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Inari Sami: ruošakiela
 * Indonesian:, Rusia
 * Interlingua: russo
 * Irish: Rúisis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ರಶ್ಯನ್
 * Karelian: Veńiä
 * Kashubian: rusczi
 * Kazakh: орыс тілі, орысша
 * Khmer: ភាសារុស្ស៊ី
 * Korean:, 러시아말
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: Ûrisî
 * Sorani: ڕوسی
 * Kyrgyz: орус, орус тили, орусча
 * Lao: ພາສາ​ລັດເຊຍ, ພາສາລັດເຊຍ
 * Latvian: krievu, krievu valoda


 * Limburgish: Rössisj
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: bahasa Rusia,
 * Malayalam: റഷ്യന്
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: Rooshish
 * Mapudungun:
 * Mari: Руш (Ruš)
 * Moksha: Рузонь (Ruzon’)
 * Mongolian: орос хэл, орос
 * Navajo:
 * Nepali: रसियाली
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ossetian: уырыссаг (uyryssag)
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, زبان روسی
 * Polish: rosyjski, ruszczyzna, ruski
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: rusă, limba rusă, ruseşte
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami: ruoššagiella
 * Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseis
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: руски
 * Roman: ruski
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: Ruush
 * Sorbian: Rušćina
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kirusi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Ruso
 * Tajik: забони русӣ, русӣ
 * Tamil: ருஸ்சியன்
 * Tatar:, Урыс , урысча
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: rus dili, rusça,  русча
 * Ukrainian: російська, російська мова
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: رۇسچە, русчә (Cyrillic spelling)
 * Uzbek: рус тили, русча
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: Rusänapük, Rusapük
 * Walloon: Rûsse
 * Welsh: Rwsieg
 * Yiddish:
 * Zulu: Isirashiya

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to Russia.
 * 2)  Of or pertaining to Rus.

Derived terms

 * Russian roulette
 * White Russian

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: errusiar
 * Belarusian: рускі
 * Bengali: রুশ
 * Bosnian:, ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, (cf. [])
 * Hebrew:, , רוסיים, רוסיות
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: rússneskur, rússnesk, rússneskt, rússneskir, rússneskar, rússnesk
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: russe
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ڕوسی


 * Latvian: Krievijas
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Manx: Rooshagh
 * Nenets:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: rosyjski, ruski
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Ruiseanach
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: руски, руска , рускo
 * Roman: ruski, ruska , rusko
 * Slovak: ruský, ruská , ruské
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: mrashia
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: русӣ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, російська, російське, російські
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük: Rusänik
 * Yiddish: רוסיש


 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili: mrashia


 * Ukrainian: руський, руська, руське, руські