Lithuanian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Lith.

Etymology

From Lithuania +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ən/, /ˌlɪθˈweɪ.ni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Lithuanian (comparative more Lithuanian, superlative most Lithuanian)

1. Of or relating to Lithuania.

Derived terms

• Lithuanianness
• Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Translations

of or relating to Lithuania

• Afrikaans: Litaus (af), Litous (af)
• Albanian: lituan (sq), lituanez
• Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ (lituwāniyy)
• Armenian: լիտվական (hy) (litvakan)
• Asturian: lituanu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: litva
• Basque: lituaniar
• Belarusian: літо́ўскі (litóŭski)
• Bengali: লিথুয়ানীয় (bn) (lithuẏaniẏo)
• Bulgarian: лито́вски (litóvski)
• Burmese: လစ်သူယေးနီးယား (lacsuye:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: lituà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立陶宛的 (zh) (Lìtáowǎn de)

• Czech: litevský (cs)
• Danish: litauisk (da)
• Dutch: Litouws (nl) n
• Esperanto: litova
• Estonian: leedu (et)
• Faroese: litaviskur
• Finnish: liettualainen (fi)
• French: lithuanien (fr), lituanien (fr)
• Friulian: lituan
• Galician: lituano (gl)
• Georgian: ლიტვური (liṭvuri)
• German: litauisch (de)
• Greek: λιθουανικός (el) (lithouanikós)
• Hawaiian: Lituania
• Hebrew: לִיטָאִי (lita'í)
• Hindi: लिथुआनियाई (lithuāniyāī)
• Icelandic: litháískur (is), litháskur, litháenskur
• Irish: Liotuánach
• Italian: lituano (it)
• Japanese: リトアニアの (ja) (Ritoania no)
• Kazakh: литвалық (litvalyq)
• Khmer: លីទុយអានី (liituyʼaanii)
• Korean: 리투아니아의 (ko) (rituaniaui)
• Kyrgyz: литва (litva)
• Lao: ລີຕົວນີ (lī tūa nī)
• Latin: lithuanicus
• Latvian: Lietuvas, Leišzemes (of Lithuania), lietuviešu, lietuvju, leišu (of Lithuanians)
• Lithuanian: lietuviškas (lt)
• Macedonian: литвански (litvanski)
• Maltese: Litwan, Litwanjan
• Manx: Litaanagh
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: литва (litva)

  Mongolian: ᠯᠢᠲ᠋ᠸᠠ (litwa)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: litauisk (no)

  Nynorsk: litauisk (nn)

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Old Ruthenian: литовский (litovskij)
• Persian: لیتوانیایی (litvâniyâyi)
• Polish: litewski (pl)
• Portuguese: lituano (pt), lituânio, lituânico
• Romanian: lituanian (ro)
• Russian: лито́вский (ru) (litóvskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лѝтва̄нскӣ

  Roman: lìtvānskī (sh)

• Slovak: litovský
• Slovene: lítovski (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: litawski (hsb), litwjanski (hsb)

• Spanish: lituano (es)
• Swedish: litauisk (sv)
• Tajik: литвонӣ (tg) (litvonī)
• Thai: ลิทัวเนีย (th) (lí-tuua-niia)
• Turkish: Litvan
• Turkmen: litwa
• Ukrainian: лито́вський (uk) (lytóvsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: لىتۋا (litwa)
• Uzbek: litva
• Vietnamese: Lít-va
• Volapük: Lietuvänik
• Welsh: Lithwanaidd
• Yiddish: ליטוויש (yi) (litvish), ליטוויניש (litvinish)

Noun

Lithuanian (countable and uncountable, plural Lithuanians)

1. (uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.
2. (countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Litaus (af), Litous (af)
• Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ m (lituwāniyy), لِتُوَانِيَّة f (lituwāniyya)
• Armenian: լիտվերեն (hy) (litveren)
• Asturian: lituanu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: Litva dili (az)
• Basque: lituaniera (eu)
• Belarusian: літо́ўская мо́ва f (litóŭskaja móva), літо́ўская f (litóŭskaja)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: лито́вски m (litóvski)
• Catalan: lituà (ca) m
• Chechen: литойн мотт (litojn mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立陶宛語／立陶宛语 (zh) (lìtáowǎnyǔ)

• Czech: litevština (cs) f
• Danish: litauisk (da)
• Dutch: Litouws (nl)
• Esperanto: litova
• Estonian: leedu keel (et)
• Faroese: litaviskt (fo) n
• Finnish: liettua (fi)
• French: lithuanien (fr) m, lituanien (fr) m
• Galician: lituano (gl) m
• Georgian: ლიტვური (liṭvuri), ლიტვური ენა (liṭvuri ena), ლიეტუვური (lieṭuvuri), ლიეტუვური ენა (lieṭuvuri ena)
• German: Litauisch (de) n
• Greek: λιθουανικά (el) n pl (lithouaniká)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: לִיטָאִית f (lita'ít)
• Hungarian: litván (hu)
• Icelandic: litháíska (is) f, litháska f, litháenska f
• Indonesian: bahasa Lithuania
• Irish: Liotuáinis f
• Italian: lituano (it) m
• Japanese: リトアニア語 (ja) (ritoaniago)
• Khmer: ភាសាលីទុយអានី (phiəsaa liituyʼaanii)
• Korean: 리투아니아어 (ko) (rituania'eo)
• Kyrgyz: литовчо (ky) (litovco)
• Latvian: lietuviešu valoda (lv) f, lietuviešu, leišu valoda f, leišu, lietuvju valoda f, lietuvju
• Lithuanian: lietuvių kalba (lt) f, lietuvių (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Litauesch (lb) n
• Macedonian: литвански m (litvanski)
• Manx: Litaanish f
• Nauruan: dorerin Rituainiya (na)
• Navajo: Łitʼoowę́ę́ bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: litauisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: litauisk (nn) m

• Persian: لیتوانیایی (litvâniyâyi)
• Polish: litewski (pl) m
• Portuguese: lituano (pt) m, lituânio m, lituânico m
• Romanian: limba lituaniană f, lituaniană (ro) f
• Russian: лито́вский язы́к m (litóvskij jazýk), лито́вский (ru) m (litóvskij)
• Scots: Lithuanie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: литвански m

  Roman: litvanski (sh) m

• Slovak: litovčina (sk) f
• Slovene: lítovščina f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: litawšćina (hsb) f, litwjanšćina f

• Spanish: lituano (es) m
• Swedish: litauiska (sv)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ภาษาลิทัวเนีย (paa-sǎa lí-tuua-niia)
• Turkish: Litvanca (tr)
• Ukrainian: лито́вська мо́ва f (lytóvsʹka móva), лито́вська (uk) f (lytóvsʹka)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Lít-va
• Volapük: Lietuvänapük
• Welsh: Lithwaneg (cy) f
• Yiddish: ליטוויש (yi) n (litvish), ליטוויניש n (litvinish)

person from Lithuania

• Afrikaans: Litauer (af), Litouer (af)
• Albanian: lituanez, lituan (sq)
• Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ m (lituwāniyy), لِتُوَانِيَّة f (lituwāniyya)
• Armenian: լիտվացի (litvacʻi)
• Basque: lituaniar
• Belarusian: літо́вец m (litóvjec), літо́ўка f (litóŭka)
• Bulgarian: литовец m (litovec), литовка f (litovka)
• Catalan: lituà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立陶宛人 (zh) (lìtáowǎnrén)

• Czech: Litevec (cs) m, Litevka (cs) f
• Danish: litauer (da) c
• Dutch: Litouwer (nl) m, Litouwse (nl) f
• Esperanto: litovo
• Estonian: leedulane (et)
• Faroese: litavi m
• Finnish: liettualainen (fi)
• French: Lithuanien (fr) m, Lituanien (fr) m, Lithuanienne (fr), Lituanienne (fr) f
• Galician: lituano (gl) m
• Georgian: ლიტველი (liṭveli)
• German: Litauer (de) m, Litauerin (de) f
• Greek: Λιθουανός (el) m (Lithouanós), Λιθουανή (el) f (Lithouaní)
• Hawaiian: Lituania
• Hebrew: לִיטָאִי (lita'í)
• Hungarian: litván (hu)
• Icelandic: Lithái m
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} orang Lithuania
• Irish: Liotuánach m
• Italian: lituano (it)
• Japanese: リトアニア人 (ritoaniajin)
• Kazakh: литва (litva), литвалық (litvalyq)
• Korean: 리투아니아 사람 (rituania saram)
• Kyrgyz: литва (litva), литов (litov)
• Latvian: lietuvietis m, lietuviete f
• Lithuanian: lietuvis (lt) m, lietuvė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Литванец (Litvanec), Литванка f (Litvanka)
• Manx: Litaanagh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: litauer m

  Nynorsk: litauar (nn) m

• Polish: Litwin (pl) m, Litwinka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lituano (pt) m, lituânio m, lituânico m
• Romanian: lituanian (ro) m, lituaniană (ro) f
• Russian: лито́вец (ru) m (litóvec), лито́вка (ru) f (litóvka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Литванац m

  Roman: Litvanac m

• Slovak: Litovčan (sk) m, Litovčanka f
• Slovene: Litvanec m, Litvanka f
• Spanish: lituano (es) m
• Swedish: litauer (sv)
• Thai: ชาวลิทัวเนีย (chaao lí-tuua-niia)
• Turkish: Litvanyalı (tr)
• Turkmen: litwa
• Ukrainian: лито́вець (uk) m (lytóvecʹ), лито́вка f (lytóvka)
• Uzbek: litva
• Vietnamese: người Lít-va
• Volapük: Lietuvänan (vo)
• Welsh: Lithwaniad m or f
• Yiddish: ליטווינער m (litviner) (of a non-Jew), ליטוואַק m (litvak) (of a Jew)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lithuanian terms
• Appendix:Lithuanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Lithuanian

Related terms

• Lithuania

Further reading

• Lietuva on the Lithuanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^lt
• Lithuanian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-1 code lt, ISO 639-3 code lit (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Lithuanian, lit ⁠