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Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): Ukr.

Etymology

1760 Ukranians, 1762 Ukrainian, 1764 Ukranian, 1799 Ukrainians. From Ukraine +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːˈkreiniən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniən
• Hyphenation: Ukrain‧ian

Noun

Ukrainian (plural Ukrainians)

1. (countable) A person of Ukrainian ethnicity or a citizen of Ukraine.

Synonyms

• Little Russian, Malo-Russian (obsolete)
• Rusnak, Rusniac, Rusniak, Russniak, Russniac, Rousniak, Rusnak (archaic)
• Ruthenian (historical), Ruthene, Ruthen, Rutene (archaic)
• Uke, Ukie (informal)
• Ukrainer (obsolete, rare)

Translations

ethnic/citizen

• Albanian: ukrainas m, ukrainase f, ukrainasë m pl, ukrainase f pl
• Arabic: أوكراني m ('ukraaniy)
• Armenian: ուկրաինացի (ukrainacʿi)
• Asturian: ucranianu (ast) m
• Belarusian: украінец m (ukraínec), украінка f (ukraínka)
• Catalan: ucraïnès m, ucraïnesa f

  Valencian: ucraïnés m, ucraïnesa f

• Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎧᏪᏂ (Ayukaweni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏克蘭人, 乌克兰人 (zh) (Wūkèlánrén)

• Czech: Ukrajinec m
• Esperanto: ukraino (man or woman), ukrainino (woman)
• Estonian: ukrainlane
• Finnish: ukrainalainen (fi)
• French: Ukrainien (fr) m Ukrainienne (fr) f
• Galician: ucraíno (gl) m, ucraína f
• German: Ukrainer (de) m, Ukrainerin (de) f
• Hawaiian: ʻUkelena
• Hungarian: ukrán (hu)
• Italian: ucraino (it) m, ucraina f, ucraini m pl, ucraine f pl

• Japanese: ウクライナ人 (Ukuraina-jin)
• Latvian: ukrainis m, ukrainiete f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ukrainer m

  Nynorsk: ukrainar (nn) m

• Occitan: ucrainés m
• Polish: Ukrainiec (pl) m, Ukrainka (pl) f,
• Portuguese: ucraniano (pt) m
• Romanian: ucrainian m, ucrainiancă f, ucrainieni m pl, ucrainience f pl
• Romansch: ucranais m, ucranaisa f
• Russian: украинец (ru) m (ukraínec), украинка (ru) f (ukraínka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ukrajinac m, Ukrajinka f
• Slovene: Ukrajínec m, Ukrajínka f
• Spanish: ucraniano (es), ucranio (es)
• Swahili: Mkraini (sw)
• Swedish: ukrainsk (sv)
• Turkish: Ukraynalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: українець (uk) m (ukrajínec’), українка (uk) f (ukrajínka), українці (uk) pl (ukrajínci), українки f pl (ukrajínky)

Proper noun

Ukrainian

1. The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Oekraïens (af)
• Albanian: ukrainisht
• Amharic: ዩክረኒኛ (Yukraninyo)
• Arabic: أوكرانية (ar) f (ʾukrāníyya), أوكراني m (ʾukrānī)
• Armenian: ուկրաիներեն (ukraineren)
• Asturian: ucranianu (ast) m
• Azeri: ukrayna, ukrayna dili
• Basque: ukrainera (eu)
• Belarusian: украінская мова f (ukraínskaja móva), украінская f (ukraínskaja)
• Bengali: ইউক্রেনীয় ভাষা (Iukreniẹ bhasha)
• Breton: Ukrainiek
• Bulgarian: украински m (ukraínski) (ези́к)
• Catalan: ucraïnès m

  Valencian: ucraïnés m

• Cherokee: ᏳᎧᏪᏂ (Yukaweni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏克蘭語, 乌克兰语 (zh) (Wūkèlányǔ)

• Czech: ukrajinština (cs) f
• Danish: Ukrainsk
• Dutch: Oekraïens (nl) n
• Esperanto: Ukraina lingvo
• Estonian: ukraina
• Faroese: Ukrainskt
• Finnish: ukraina (fi)
• French: ukrainien (fr) m
• Galician: ucraíno (gl) m
• Georgian: უკრაინული (ukrainuli)
• German: Ukrainisch (de) n
• Greek: Ουκρανικά n pl (Oukraniká)
• Greenlandic: Ukrainimiusut
• Hawaiian: ʻōlelo ʻUkelena
• Hebrew: אוּקְרָאִינִית f (ukrainít)
• Hindi: यूक्रेनी (hi) f (yūkrenī), यूक्रेनियन (yūkreniyan)
• Hungarian: ukrán (hu)
• Icelandic: úkraínska (is) f
• Indonesian: bahasa Ukrainia
• Italian: ucraino (it) m
• Japanese: ウクライナ語 (ja) (Ukuraina-go)
• Korean: 우크라이나어 (ko) (Ukeuraina-eo)
• Latin: lingua Ukrainica f, Ukrainica f
• Latvian: ukraiņu, ukraiņu valoda f

• Limburgish: Oekraïens (li)
• Lithuanian: ukrainiečių kalba (lt) f, ukrainų kalba f, ukrainiečių (lt), ukrainietiškai (adverb)
• Low German: ukrainsche Spraak
• Macedonian: украински m (ukraínski) (ја́зик)
• Malay: bahasa Ukraine, bahasa Ukrainia
• Maltese: Ukren, Ukranjan
• Moksha: украинань (ukrainanʹ)
• Mongolian: украйн (ukrajn)
• Navajo: Yóókwein bizaad
• Nepali: युक्रेनी (yukrenī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ukrainsk (no)

  Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn)

• Occitan: Ucraïnès
• Old English: Ūcrægnisc sprǣc
• Persian: اوکراینی (ukrâini)
• Polish: (język) ukraiński (pl) m
• Portuguese: ucraniano (pt) m
• Romanian: ucrainiană f
• Russian: украинский язык (ru) m (ukraínskij jazýk), украинский (ru) m (ukraínskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: украински m (језик)

  Roman: ukrainski m (jezik)

• Slovak: ukrajinčina (sk) f
• Slovene: ukrajínščina f
• Sorbian: Ukrainšćina
• Spanish: ucraniano (es) m
• Swahili: Kikraini
• Swedish: ukrainska (sv)
• Tamil: யூக்ரேனியன் (yukrēniyan)
• Tatar: украина (ukraina)
• Thai: ภาษายูเครน (paasăa yookrayn)
• Turkish: Ukraynaca (tr)
• Ukrainian: українська мова (uk) f (ukrajínsʹka móva), українська (uk) f (ukrajínsʹka)
• Urdu: یُوکراینی f (yūkrenī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng U-kren
• Walloon: Oucrinnyin
• Welsh: Iwcranaidd
• West Frisian: Ukraynsk
• Yiddish: אוקרײַניש n (ukraínisch)

Adjective

Ukrainian (not comparable)

1. Relating to Ukraine or its people.

Synonyms

• Little Russian, Malo-Russian (obsolete)
• Rusnak, Rusniac, Rusniak, Russniak, Russniac, Rousniak, Rusnak (archaic)
• Ruthenian (historical), Ruthene, Ruthen, Rutene (archaic)
• Ukie (informal)

Translations

relating to Ukraine or its people

• Armenian: ուկրաինական (ukrainakan)
• Asturian: ucranianu (ast)
• Belarusian: украінскі (ukraínski)
• Catalan: ucraïnès m, ucraïnesa f

  Valencian: ucraïnés m, ucraïnesa f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (relating to Ukraine) 烏克蘭的, 乌克兰的 (zh) (Wūkèlán de), (relating to its people) 烏克蘭人的, 乌克兰人的 (zh) (Wūkèlánrén de)

• Czech: ukrajinský (cs)
• Finnish: ukrainalainen (fi)
• French: ukrainien (fr) m, ukrainienne (fr) f
• Galician: ucraíno (gl)
• German: ukrainisch (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻUkelena
• Hebrew: אוקראינית f (ukrainít), אוקראיני m (ukraini)
• Hungarian: ukrajnai, ukrán (hu)

• Italian: ucraino (it) m, ucraina f
• Japanese: ウクライナの (Ukuraina-no)
• Latvian: ukraiņu, ukrainisks
• Maltese: Ukranjan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ukrainsk (no)

  Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn)

• Occitan: ucrainés
• Polish: ukraiński (pl)
• Portuguese: ucraniano (pt)
• Romanian: ucrainian, ucrainiană f
• Russian: украинский (ru) (ukraínskij)
• Slovene: ukrajínski
• Spanish: ucraniano (es), ucranio (es)
• Swedish: ukrainsk (sv)
• Ukrainian: український (uk) (ukrajíns’kyj)
• Yiddish: אוקראַיניש (ukrainish)

Derived terms

• Ukrainian American, Ukrainian-American
• Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian
• Ukrainian Catholic, Ukrainian Greek Catholic
• Ukrainian Christmas
• Ukrainian Easter
• Ukrainian Easter egg
• Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Greek Orthodox

See also

• Index:Ukrainian – Words in Ukrainian
• Category:Ukrainian language

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

External links

• ISO 639-1 code uk, ISO 639-3 code ukr
• Ethnologue entry for Ukrainian, uk
• Ukrainian–English Dictionary from Webster’s Online Dictionary