Russki

English

Alternative forms

• Rusky

Etymology

1858, Russian ру́сский (rússkij, “Russian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌs.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

Adjective

Russki (comparative more Russki, superlative most Russki)

1. (usually derogatory, colloquial) Russian.

Noun

Russki (plural Russkis or Russkies)

1. (usually derogatory, colloquial, ethnic slur) Russian.

Synonyms

• katsap (Ukrainian context)

Translations

alternative term for Russian (derogatory)

• Belarusian: маска́ль (be) m (maskálʹ), маска́лька f (maskálʹka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (pejorative) 老毛子 (Lǎomáozi), 毛子 (zh) (Máozi)

• Czech: Rusák (cs) m
• Esperanto: rusaĉo
• Estonian: tibla (et), tiblad (et) pl
• Finnish: ryssä (fi), moskoviitti (fi)
• French: ruskov (fr), russkoff (fr), russkof, ruskoff (fr), ruskof, Popov (fr)
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• German: Russki m, Iwan (de) m
• Hungarian: ruszki (hu)
• Japanese: (pejorative) 露助 (ja) (ろすけ, Rosuke), ロスケ (Rosuke)
• Kazakh: аққұлақ (aqqūlaq)
• Polish: ruski (pl) m, Rusek m, kacap (pl) m, kacapka f, moskal m, moskalka f
• Russian: (self-derogatory) руса́к (ru) m (rusák), каца́п (ru) m (kacáp), каца́пка (ru) f (kacápka) (from Ukrainian), моска́ль (ru) m (moskálʹ), моска́лька f (moskálʹka) (from Ukrainian), русня́ (ru) f (rusnjá) (collective)
• Ukrainian: каца́п (uk) m (kacáp), каца́пка f (kacápka), моска́ль (uk) m (moskálʹ), моска́лька f (moskálʹka)

References

• “Russki”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Russki” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Russki”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.