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Definition of Russian in English: Russianadjective ˈrʌʃ(ə)nˈrəʃən Relating to Russia, its people, or their language. Example sentencesExamples - How can one butcher the Russian language in such a way?
- Furthermore, it's vaguely distressing the way the Russian language exaggerates and caresses dreary realities.
- A Russian language children's club has been running in the area for two years and is now expanding into a proper nursery school, open to children aged between 2 ½ and five.
- An authority on Russian language, Igor has dedicated his life to its promotion.
- At a time when that unease was in danger of becoming a potential confrontation the language being used by Russian diplomats last week was almost friendly.
- By the time of my third visit I had given up smoking, rendering half of my Russian language skills obsolete.
- Pupils have already completed work that will be sent to Russian counterparts and he has enrolled on an on-line Russian language course.
- A Russian language edition was published in Russia in 1998.
- The US government-funded station Radio Liberty beams programmes in the Chechen and Russian languages into the republic.
- Back then, I actually feared a second year of Russian language.
- I was interested in Russian literature, so I applied for the Russian language course at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang.
- Law enforcement authorities are convinced the far-right is responsible for the detonation of a bomb aimed at Russian Jews attending a language school in Duesseldorf last month.
- I haven't bothered with the Russian language versions on their album but the English ones are very catchy.
- My sources tell me that this story is nowhere to be found on IRNA's Russian language wire, just the English.
- With the recent cooperative effort to build the ISS, Russian language training has become a must.
- I've never watched a Russian language film that I can recall, so it should be interesting.
- Customers can also rent video tapes of films and concerts in the Russian language.
- Unfortunately, my turn was also my first chance to experience the Russian language.
- A major Russian television network decided it would show only Russian language music videos.
- The state-of-the-art enclosure at the zoo was the first outdoor experience for the female gorilla, who was also used to the Russian language.
noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nˈrəʃən 1A native or inhabitant of Russia, or a person of Russian descent. Example sentencesExamples - Though not a native Russian, he was on the staff of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg and played in a court chamber ensemble.
- Mustard gas was first used by the Germans against the Russians at Riga in September 1917.
- The film looks at the pain of Easter Europe in the new millennium with humor and humanity, bringing a Lapp woman, a Russian and a Finn together to try to make sense of it all.
- He married a French citizen, who was a Russian by descent, and was given permission to go off and live in Paris, which he did while still representing the Soviet Union at chess.
- We cannot, however, expect that there will be any yield given to the French, Germans and Russians.
- Scots and Russians are very similar in terms of how open and friendly they are.
- It was Russians who first built up a caviar industry on Iranian shores.
- For most Russians the nation's favourite holiday outshadowed political concerns.
- However, Napoleon's invasion led the Russians to make peace with the Turks.
- It was not so easy for the Russians in Chechnya after the invasion of the Russian army.
- They told us that the Russians would never accept National Missile Defense.
- The Finns had been told the precise terms the Russians wanted on February 23rd.
- It relied on what the French or Russians did and the actions of one would provoke a German response and not the other way round.
- With a Finn, a Russian, two Canadians, and an American, this year's Hall, of Fame class exemplifies the game's global reach.
- This year's team features a Swede, a German, a Russian, a Czech, and two Canadians.
- Moscow asked for international help and the British crew rescued the Russians on August 7.
- Areas captured by the Germans during the day, were re-taken by the Russians at night.
- All Europeans, including Russians, enjoy the same values and the conflict has ceased to exist.
- He is not partisan and dealt equally with the callousness of the Chechen fighters and that of the Russians.
- 1.1historical (in general use) a national of the former Soviet Union.
Example sentencesExamples - The most flagrant example that showed how the Russians disposed of political dissenters took place in Czechoslovakia.
2mass noun The language of Russia, an Eastern Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet and spoken by over 130 million people. Example sentencesExamples - Savenko has a fine presence, but in these opening acts he seemed somewhat inhibited, perhaps because of having to sing the role in English rather then his native Russian.
- It handles the above languages plus Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
- Like Russian, it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
- Most of the men included in these teams and groups spoke Russian and other languages of the Soviet Union and were dressed up as Red Army men and officers.
- Although not technically alien, the Russian Tsars and pomeshchiki were so aloof from their subjects that they spoke French rather than Russian and lived in a Western rather than Slavonic culture.
- For example, my two new Georgian friends told me they had not uttered a word of Russian, the principal language of their schooldays, for a decade or more.
- Although the Kyrgyz language is spoken in the home, most Kyrgyz also speak Russian, which is the language of business and commerce.
- The stopping times and places are in the carriage and despite Russian's Cyrillic script, it's easy to guess where you are and how long you'll stop there.
- But the Cold War was still going on, and obtaining Russian and Chinese speaking translators was given priority.
- The official language is Estonian, with Russian also widely spoken.
- French, Spanish, German, Russian, and other languages all exerted more influence over the subsequent centuries.
- She also speaks German and Russian, and as a Czech speaker understands Slovak.
- World class sites were developed in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
- Though she counts Chinese and Russian among the languages she speaks fluently, Fritzie has never played piano in either of those countries.
- She couldn't speak Russian, though she knew the alphabet and could read names.
- He speaks Russian, French, Czech and Bulgarian.
- He speaks Russian as his native language.
- The official language is Belarusian, but Russian is also widely spoken.
- We have even given out literature written in Russian, with information about the hotel and the bar tariff.
- She speaks Kazakh, Russian, English and Italian.
Derivatives noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nɪstˈrəʃ(ə)nəst The book is nothing less than "a celebration of personality," to cite the apt formulation of the distinguished Russianist John B. Dunlop.
noun ˌrʌʃ(ə)nʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n He sees the assertion of paganism as a revolt against the Russianization that had been an integral part of communism. Example sentencesExamples - The latter was the sector most incommoded by Russianization, for the kinds of jobs it fancied required good command of the Russian language (and sometimes, officially or unofficially, Russian birth).
- Socialism and nationalism gave way to Islamization, Hinduization, and Russianization.
verb ˈrʌʃ(ə)nʌɪzˈrəʃəˌnaɪz [with object]Make Russian in character or style. they considered Russianizing their names Example sentencesExamples - Russianized citizens
- Would ballet aspirants called Jane or John Smith, who years ago might have considered Russianizing their names to Yolanda Smithova or Jascha Smithakoysky, instead contemplate some Hispanic transmogrification?
- This theme, which he has managed to Russianise, dominates much of the work.
- In the 17th century the advancing Russians adopted pelnan, eventually Russianizing the pronunciation to pel'meni, and pel'meni in chicken broth is now a classic Russian dish.
noun ˈrʌʃ(ə)nnɪs This was partly in pursuit of rationalizing, modernizing reform, partly because - very much in line with trends elsewhere - the state was increasingly associating itself with an idea of ethnic Russianness. Example sentencesExamples - Their very Russianness, their sense of their own self-defeating contradictions, brings despair with it.
- Like the gathering of mushrooms and berries, the eating of prjaniki, and the consumption of shchi, the drinking of kvass in late Tsarist Russia had become a culture-laden act that helped to define one's Russianness.
- Arsinoe's Greek nature, which, unlike Fiodor's Russianness, had seemed somewhat arbitrary, becomes necessary.
- And, perhaps most saliently, what exactly was the content of the Russianness whose acquisition seemed so necessary?
Origin Mid 16th century: from medieval Latin Russianus. Definition of Russian in US English: RussianadjectiveˈrəʃənˈrəSHən Relating to Russia, its people, or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately, my turn was also my first chance to experience the Russian language.
- Pupils have already completed work that will be sent to Russian counterparts and he has enrolled on an on-line Russian language course.
- With the recent cooperative effort to build the ISS, Russian language training has become a must.
- An authority on Russian language, Igor has dedicated his life to its promotion.
- The US government-funded station Radio Liberty beams programmes in the Chechen and Russian languages into the republic.
- At a time when that unease was in danger of becoming a potential confrontation the language being used by Russian diplomats last week was almost friendly.
- I've never watched a Russian language film that I can recall, so it should be interesting.
- A Russian language children's club has been running in the area for two years and is now expanding into a proper nursery school, open to children aged between 2 ½ and five.
- Law enforcement authorities are convinced the far-right is responsible for the detonation of a bomb aimed at Russian Jews attending a language school in Duesseldorf last month.
- By the time of my third visit I had given up smoking, rendering half of my Russian language skills obsolete.
- How can one butcher the Russian language in such a way?
- I haven't bothered with the Russian language versions on their album but the English ones are very catchy.
- My sources tell me that this story is nowhere to be found on IRNA's Russian language wire, just the English.
- Customers can also rent video tapes of films and concerts in the Russian language.
- A Russian language edition was published in Russia in 1998.
- A major Russian television network decided it would show only Russian language music videos.
- Back then, I actually feared a second year of Russian language.
- I was interested in Russian literature, so I applied for the Russian language course at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang.
- Furthermore, it's vaguely distressing the way the Russian language exaggerates and caresses dreary realities.
- The state-of-the-art enclosure at the zoo was the first outdoor experience for the female gorilla, who was also used to the Russian language.
nounˈrəʃənˈrəSHən 1A native or inhabitant of Russia, or a person of Russian descent. Example sentencesExamples - They told us that the Russians would never accept National Missile Defense.
- It was Russians who first built up a caviar industry on Iranian shores.
- However, Napoleon's invasion led the Russians to make peace with the Turks.
- The Finns had been told the precise terms the Russians wanted on February 23rd.
- This year's team features a Swede, a German, a Russian, a Czech, and two Canadians.
- Though not a native Russian, he was on the staff of the Imperial Theatres in St Petersburg and played in a court chamber ensemble.
- Moscow asked for international help and the British crew rescued the Russians on August 7.
- We cannot, however, expect that there will be any yield given to the French, Germans and Russians.
- The film looks at the pain of Easter Europe in the new millennium with humor and humanity, bringing a Lapp woman, a Russian and a Finn together to try to make sense of it all.
- He married a French citizen, who was a Russian by descent, and was given permission to go off and live in Paris, which he did while still representing the Soviet Union at chess.
- For most Russians the nation's favourite holiday outshadowed political concerns.
- Areas captured by the Germans during the day, were re-taken by the Russians at night.
- With a Finn, a Russian, two Canadians, and an American, this year's Hall, of Fame class exemplifies the game's global reach.
- It relied on what the French or Russians did and the actions of one would provoke a German response and not the other way round.
- Mustard gas was first used by the Germans against the Russians at Riga in September 1917.
- It was not so easy for the Russians in Chechnya after the invasion of the Russian army.
- All Europeans, including Russians, enjoy the same values and the conflict has ceased to exist.
- He is not partisan and dealt equally with the callousness of the Chechen fighters and that of the Russians.
- Scots and Russians are very similar in terms of how open and friendly they are.
- 1.1 A person of Russian descent.
- 1.2historical (in general use) a national of the former Soviet Union.
Example sentencesExamples - The most flagrant example that showed how the Russians disposed of political dissenters took place in Czechoslovakia.
2The East Slavic language of Russia. Example sentencesExamples - Like Russian, it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
- She also speaks German and Russian, and as a Czech speaker understands Slovak.
- Although not technically alien, the Russian Tsars and pomeshchiki were so aloof from their subjects that they spoke French rather than Russian and lived in a Western rather than Slavonic culture.
- Though she counts Chinese and Russian among the languages she speaks fluently, Fritzie has never played piano in either of those countries.
- The official language is Belarusian, but Russian is also widely spoken.
- He speaks Russian as his native language.
- For example, my two new Georgian friends told me they had not uttered a word of Russian, the principal language of their schooldays, for a decade or more.
- It handles the above languages plus Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
- The official language is Estonian, with Russian also widely spoken.
- She speaks Kazakh, Russian, English and Italian.
- We have even given out literature written in Russian, with information about the hotel and the bar tariff.
- But the Cold War was still going on, and obtaining Russian and Chinese speaking translators was given priority.
- The stopping times and places are in the carriage and despite Russian's Cyrillic script, it's easy to guess where you are and how long you'll stop there.
- He speaks Russian, French, Czech and Bulgarian.
- World class sites were developed in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
- Although the Kyrgyz language is spoken in the home, most Kyrgyz also speak Russian, which is the language of business and commerce.
- Most of the men included in these teams and groups spoke Russian and other languages of the Soviet Union and were dressed up as Red Army men and officers.
- She couldn't speak Russian, though she knew the alphabet and could read names.
- French, Spanish, German, Russian, and other languages all exerted more influence over the subsequent centuries.
- Savenko has a fine presence, but in these opening acts he seemed somewhat inhibited, perhaps because of having to sing the role in English rather then his native Russian.
Origin Mid 16th century: from medieval Latin Russianus. |