Ukrainian
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Ukr. (abbreviation)
Etymology[edit]
1760 Ukranians, 1762 Ukrainian, 1764 Ukranian, 1799 Ukrainians. From Ukraine + -ian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Ukrainian (countable and uncountable, plural Ukrainians)
- (countable) A person of Ukrainian ethnicity or a citizen of Ukraine.
- (uncountable) The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.
Synonyms[edit]
- bohunk, hunky (pejorative)
- Cossack (obsolete)
- Little Russian (obsolete)
- Malo-Russian (obsolete)
- Rusnak, Rusniac, Rusniak, Russniak, Russniac, Rousniak, Rusnak (archaic)
- Ruthenian (historical), Ruthene, Ruthen, Rutene (archaic)
- Uke, Ukie (informal)
- Ukrainer (obsolete, rare)
Translations[edit]
ethnic/citizen
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language
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Adjective[edit]
Ukrainian (not comparable)
- Relating to Ukraine or its people.
Synonyms[edit]
- Little Russian, Malo-Russian (obsolete)
- Rusnak, Rusniac, Rusniak, Russniak, Russniac, Rousniak, Rusnak (archaic)
- Ruthenian (historical), Ruthene, Ruthen, Rutene (archaic)
- Ukie (informal)
Translations[edit]
relating to Ukraine or its people
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Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- Index:Ukrainian – Words in Ukrainian
- Category:Ukrainian language
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Ukraine.
Further reading[edit]
- ISO 639-1 code uk, ISO 639-3 code ukr
- Ethnologue entry for Ukrainian, uk
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- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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