russo

See also: Russo, russò, russo-, and Russo-

Interlingua

Proper noun

russo

1. Russian (language)

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin russus. Compare Italian rosso.

Adjective

russo

1. red
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrus.so/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -usso
• Hyphenation: rùs‧so

Etymology 1

Adjective

russo (feminine russa, masculine plural russi, feminine plural russe)

1. Russian

Noun

russo m (plural russi, feminine russa)

1. Russian

Noun

russo m (uncountable)

1. the Russian language

Related terms

• Russia
• russificare
• russismo
• russofilo
• russofobia
• russofono

See also

• sovietico

Etymology 2

Verb

russo

1. first-person singular present indicative of russare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrʊs.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrus.so]

Adjective

russō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of russus

References

• russo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• russo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin russus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈruss(ə)], (feminine) [ˈross(ə)]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈrussə] (masculine/feminine)

Adjective

russo (feminine singular rossa, masculine plural russe, feminine plural rosse)

1. red

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1576: “rosso; rossa; rossi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 54
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “russo-róssa”, in Schedario Napoletano

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈruːsso/

Verb

rūsso

1. inflection of ruossut:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Portuguese

Etymology

Formed from Rússia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.su/ [ˈhu.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.su/ [ˈhu.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.su/ [ˈχu.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.so/ [ˈhu.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.su/

• Homophone: ruço
• Rhymes: -usu
• Hyphenation: rus‧so

Adjective

russo (feminine russa, masculine plural russos, feminine plural russas, not comparable)

1. Russian

Derived terms

• azul russo
• montanha-russa
• roleta-russa
• volume russo

Noun

russo m (plural russos, feminine russa, feminine plural russas)

1. Russian (person from Russia)
2. (uncountable) Russian (the Russian language)

Derived terms

• russo branco

Further reading

• “russo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “russo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025