Karelian

English

Etymology

Karelia +‎ -an

Adjective

Karelian (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to, Karelia or its people, culture or language.

Synonyms

• Kareli

Derived terms

• Karelianness
• Karelian pasty
• Karelian pie

Translations

of, from or pertaining to Karelia

• Danish: karelsk
• Irish: Cairéalach

• Portuguese: carélio (pt), careliano
• Slovak: karelský

Noun

Karelian (plural Karelians)

1. Someone from Karelia

Synonyms

• Kareli

Translations

Karelian person

• Danish: kareler c
• Icelandic: Kirjáli m
• Irish: Cairéalach m

• Portuguese: carélio (pt) m, careliano m
• Romanian: carelian m, careliană f
• Slovak: Karelčan m

Proper noun

Karelian

1. A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.

Translations

the language

• Basque: kareliera
• Belarusian: карэльская f (karél’skaja)
• Breton: Karelianeg
• Catalan: carelià
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡累里亞語, 卡累里亚语 (Kǎléilǐyà yǔ)

• Czech: karelština (cs) f
• Danish: karelsk
• Dutch: Karelisch (nl)
• Estonian: karjala (et)
• Finnish: karjala (fi)
• French: carélien (fr) m
• Galician: carelio (gl)
• German: Karelisch (de) n
• Hungarian: karjalai
• Icelandic: kirjálska f, karelska f, karelíska f
• Irish: Cairéilis
• Japanese: カレリア語 (ja) (Kareria-go)
• Karelian: Karjala

• Korean: 카리알라어 (Karialla-eo)
• Latvian: Karēļu
• Lithuanian: Karelų, kareliškai
• Mari: карелий (karelij)
• Norwegian: karelsk
• Polish: karelski (pl)
• Portuguese: kareliano m
• Romanian: carelă f
• Russian: каре́льский (ru) m (karélʹskij)
• Scots: Karelie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Karelijanski

• Sorbian: Karelšćina
• Spanish: carelio m
• Swedish: karelska (sv)
• Turkish: Kareli
• Ukrainian: карелiянська f (karelijáns’ka)
• Votic: Karjaa
• Walloon: Carelyin

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Karelian, krl