Cyrillic

English

Cyrillic script

Etymology

From the name Cyril +‎ -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rĭllos), denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic

Adjective

Cyrillic (not comparable)

1. Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.

Coordinate terms

• poluustav
• ustav

Derived terms

• Cyrillicize
• Cyrillic numeral
• Cyrillic numerals
• Cyrillisation
• Cyrillization
• Cyrillize
• faux Cyrillic

Translations

of or pertaining to Cyrillic

• Arabic: سِرِيلِيّ (sirīliyy)
• Basque: ziriliko
• Belarusian: кірылі́чны (kirylíčny)
• Bulgarian: ки́рилски (kírilski)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾 (Jīlǐ'ěr)

• Czech: cyrilice (cs) f
• Danish: kyrillisk
• Dutch: cyrillisch (nl)
• Esperanto: cirila
• Finnish: kyrillinen (fi)
• French: cyrillique (fr)
• Galician: cirílico m
• German: kyrillisch (de)
• Greek: κυριλλικός (el) (kyrillikós)
• Hebrew: קירילית
• Hungarian: cirill (hu)
• Icelandic: kyrillískur (is)
• Interlingua: cyrillic
• Irish: Coireallach
• Italian: cirillico (it)
• Japanese: キリル (kiriru)
• Korean: 키릴 (kiril)
• Ladino: sirilik
• Lithuanian: kirilica f
• Macedonian: кири́личен (kiríličen), ки́рилски (kírilski)
• Manx: Kyrillagh
• Mongolian: кирилл (kirill)

  Mongolian script: ᠻᠢᠷᠢᠯ (kiril)

• Norwegian: kyrillisk
• Polish: cyrylicki (pl)
• Portuguese: cirílico (pt)
• Romanian: chirilic (ro)
• Russian: кирилли́ческий (ru) (kirillíčeskij), а́збучный (ru) (ázbučnyj)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: kyrillalaš

• Serbo-Croatian: ćirìličkī, ćìrilskī
• Slovak: cyrilika f
• Spanish: cirílico (es)
• Swedish: kyrillisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: кирили́чний (kyrylýčnyj), а́збучний (uk) (ázbučnyj)
• Vietnamese: Kirin

Proper noun

Cyrillic

1. The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

   Synonym: Cyrillic script

   Russian is typically written in Cyrillic.

   • 1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, pages 102-103:

     This is Yugoslavia: 24 million people of 24 ethnic groups and three major religions, writing in both the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic, divided into six republics—six bows drawn tight.

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2022:

     Hidden behind a Cyrillic veil of mystery, it’s one of the harder languages to master, so much so that even many Russians speak it incorrectly.

Translations

a script or alphabet

• Afrikaans: cyrilliese alfabet
• Arabic: كِيرِيلِيَّة f (kīrīliyya), سِرِيلِيَّة f (sirīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya kīrīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya sirīliyya)
• Armenian: կիրիլիցա (kirilicʻa)
• Azerbaijani: Kiril əlifbası
• Basque: ziriliko
• Belarusian: кіры́ліца f (kirýlica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Bulgarian: ки́рилица (bg) f (kírilica), ки́рилска а́збука f (kírilska ázbuka)
• Carpathian Rusyn: кірі́ліця f (kirílicja), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Catalan: ciríl·lic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾字母 (zh) (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里尔字母 (xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里爾 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾字母 (jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ)

• Czech: cyrilice (cs) f
• Dutch: cyrillisch (nl)
• Dzongkha: ཆི་རི་ལི་ཚ (chi ri li tsha)
• Estonian: kirillitsa (et)
• Finnish: kyrillinen kirjaimisto
• French: cyrillique (fr) m
• Galician: cirílico m
• Georgian: კირილიცა (ḳirilica)
• German: Kyrillisch n
• Greek: κυριλλιακόν n (kyrilliakón), κυριλλικό αλφάβητο n (kyrillikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: קירילית f (kirilít)
• Hindi: सिरिलिक (sirilik)
• Hungarian: cirill (hu), cirill ábécé
• Icelandic: kyrillískur (is)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Kiril, ^{(please verify)} Sirilik
• Interlingua: cyrillico
• Irish: aibítir Choireallach f
• Italian: cirillico (it) m
• Japanese: キリル文字 (キリルもじ, kiriru moji), キリル (kiriru)
• Kazakh: кириллица (kıyrıylliyca)
• Korean: 키릴 문자 (kiril munja), 키릴 (kiril)
• Kyrgyz: кириллица (kirillitsa)
• Latvian: kirilica f
• Lithuanian: kirilica f
• Macedonian: кири́лица f (kirílica), а́збука f (ázbuka)
• Manx: Kyrillagh m
• Māori: hiririki
• Mongolian: кирил үсэг (kiril üseg), кирил (kiril), кирилл (kirill)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: кѵрїлловица f (kürillovica)

• Persian: سیریلیک (sirilik), الفبای سیریلیک (alefbâ-ye sirilik)
• Polish: cyrylica (pl) f
• Portuguese: cirílico (pt) m
• Romanian: alfabet chirilic (ro) n
• Russian: кири́ллица (ru) f (kiríllica), а́збука (ru) f (ázbuka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ћирѝлица f, азбука f

  Latin: ćirìlica f, azbuka (sh) f

• Slovak: cyrilika f
• Slovene: cirilica (sl) f
• Spanish: cirílico (es) m
• Swedish: kyrilliska (sv) c
• Tajik: кирилликӣ (tg) (kirilliki), алифбои кирилликӣ (alifbo-yi kirilliki)
• Tatar: кириллица (kirillitsa)
• Thai: อักษรซีริลลิก (àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk), ซีริลลิก (sii-ril-lìk)
• Turkish: Kiril (tr), Kiril alfabesi (tr)
• Ukrainian: кири́лиця (uk) f (kyrýlycja), а́збука (uk) f (ázbuka)
• Uyghur:

  Arabic: كىرىللىتسا (kirillitsa)

  Cyrillic: кириллица

• Uzbek: kirillitsa
• Vietnamese: chữ Kirin

See also

• Appendix:Cyrillic script
• Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet