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Russian

[ ruhsh-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Russia.
  2. a member of a Slavic people, the dominant ethnic group in the Russian Federation, whose historical homeland lies along the upper Volga and Oka rivers and adjacent areas.
  3. the Slavic language of this people, written in the Cyrillic alphabet: the official language of Russia or the Russian Federation. : Russ, Russ.
  4. Informal. Russian dressing.

Russian

/ ˈʌʃə /

noun

  1. the official language of Russia: an Indo-European language belonging to the East Slavonic branch
  2. the official language of the former Soviet Union
  3. a native or inhabitant of Russia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Russia, its people, or their language
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • t-ܲs adjective noun
  • 󲹱-ܲs adjective
  • ԴDz-ܲs adjective noun
  • -ܲs adjective noun
  • d-ܲs adjective noun
  • i-ܲs adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Russian1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Medieval Latin ܲԳܲ, derivative of Russia, Latinization of Old East Slavic ܲĭ; Russ, Russia, -an
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Example Sentences

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Russian security forces say they have detained a Ukrainian spy accused of killing a senior Russian general in a car bomb attack in Moscow's suburbs on Friday.

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Trump said on Saturday that he now believes Russian President Vladimir Putin may not want to end the war against Ukraine.

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Ukraine has denied Russian claims that it has been forced out of Russia's Kursk region.

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Russian tanker Kola was also monitored heading in the same direction in a coordinated effort with the Joint Maritime Security Centre.

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Their meeting comes one day after Trump said Russia and Ukraine were "very close to a deal", following talks between his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.

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