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

/ ˈrʌʃən /

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

adjective

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

Other Words From

• anti-Russian adjective noun
• half-Russian adjective
• non-Russian adjective noun
• pro-Russian adjective noun
• pseudo-Russian adjective noun
• semi-Russian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Russian¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from Medieval Latin Russiānus, derivative of Russia, Latinization of Old East Slavic Rusĭ; Russ, Russia, -an

Example Sentences

After all, this was the week the Kremlin leader lowered the threshold for the use of Russian nuclear weapons.

From BBC

This means they should have been impounded upon entering Russian waters.

From BBC

Authorities got in touch with him after contacting a woman in the region who speaks Russian.

From BBC

The number fell to 66,620 this year, of whom about half are researchers, the Russian statistics service Rosstat said in a report published on 8 November; others include support staff and technicians.

From Science Magazine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that an attack by his forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday morning was carried out using "a new conventional intermediate-range missile".

From BBC