Ukrainian

English

Alternative forms

Ukr. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /juːˈkɹeɪnɪən/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪniən
Hyphenation: Ukrain‧ian

Noun

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

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

ethnic/citizen

Albanian: ukrainas (sq) m, ukrainase f, ukrainasë m pl, ukrainase f pl
Arabic: أُوكْرَانِيّ‎ m (ʾukrāniyy)
Armenian: ուկրաինացի (ukrainacʿi)
Asturian: ucranianu (ast) m
Belarusian: украі́нец m (ukraínjec), украі́нка f (ukraínka)
Bulgarian: украинец m (ukrainec), украинка f (ukrainka)
Catalan: ucraïnès (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Valencian: ucraïnés (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏳᎧᏪᏂ (Ayukaweni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 烏克蘭人 (zh), 乌克兰人 (zh) (Wūkèlánrén)
Czech: Ukrajinec (cs) m
Danish: ukrainer (da) c
Esperanto: ukraino (eo) (male or female), ukrainino (female)
Estonian: ukrainlane
Faroese: ukraini m
Finnish: ukrainalainen (fi)
French: Ukrainien (fr) m Ukrainienne (fr) f
Galician: ucraíno (gl) m, ucraína f
Georgian: უკრაინელი (uḳraineli)
German: Ukrainer (de) m, Ukrainerin (de) f
Greek: Ουκρανός (el) m (Oukranós), Ουκρανή (el) f (Oukraní)
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)
Kazakh: украин (wkraïn)
Latvian: ukrainis m, ukrainiete f
Lithuanian: ukrainietis (lt) m, ukrainietė (lt) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ukrainer m

Nynorsk: ukrainar (nn) m
Occitan: ucrainés (oc) m
Polish: Ukrainiec (pl) m, Ukrainka (pl) f,
Portuguese: ucraniano (pt) m, ucraniana f
Romanian: ucrainean (ro) m, ucraineană (ro) f, ucraineancă (ro) f, ucraineni m pl, ucrainene f pl, ucrainence f pl
Romansch: ucranais m, ucranaisa f
Russian: украи́нец (ru) m (ukraínec), украи́нка (ru) f (ukraínka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Ukrajinac (sh) m, Ukrajinka f
Slovene: Ukrajínec (sl) m, Ukrajínka f
Spanish: ucraniano (es) m, ucraniana (es) f, ucranio (es) m, ucrania (es) f
Swahili: Mkraini (sw)
Swedish: ukrainare (sv) c, ukrainska (sv) c
Tagalog: Ukranyo
Turkish: Ukraynalı (tr)
Ukrainian: украї́нець (uk) m (ukrajínecʹ), украї́нка (uk) f (ukrajínka), украї́нці (uk) pl (ukrajínci), украї́нки f pl (ukrajínky)
Welsh: Wcreiniad m or f
Yiddish: אוקראַיִנער‎ m (ukrainer)

language

Afrikaans: Oekraïens (af)
Albanian: ukrainisht
Amharic: ዩክረኒኛ (yukräniña)
Arabic: أُوكْرَانِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʾukrāniyya), أُوكْرَانِيّ‎ m (ʾukrāniyy)
Armenian: ուկրաիներեն (hy) (ukraineren)
Asturian: ucranianu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: ukrayna, ukrayna dili
Basque: ukrainera (eu)
Belarusian: украі́нская мо́ва f (ukraínskaja móva), украі́нская f (ukraínskaja)
Bengali: ইউক্রেনীয় ভাষা (Iukreniẹ bhasha)
Breton: Ukrainiek
Bulgarian: украи́нски m (ukraínski) (ези́к)
Catalan: ucraïnès (ca) m
Valencian: ucraïnés (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏳᎧᏪᏂ (Yukaweni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 烏克蘭語 (zh), 乌克兰语 (zh) (Wūkèlányǔ)
Czech: ukrajinština (cs) f
Danish: ukrainsk
Dutch: Oekraïens (nl) n
Esperanto: la ukraina (lingvo)
Estonian: ukraina
Faroese: ukrainskt
Finnish: ukraina (fi)
French: ukrainien (fr) m
Galician: ucraíno (gl) m
Georgian: უკრაინული (uḳrainuli), უკრაინული ენა (uḳrainuli ena)
German: Ukrainisch (de) n
Greek: Ουκρανικά n pl (Oukraniká)
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:
German Low German: Ukrainsch (nds) n, ukrainsche Spraak f
Macedonian: украи́нски 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) m

Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn) m
Occitan: Ucraïnès
Old English: Ūcrægnisc sprǣc
Persian: اوکراینی‎ (ukrâini)
Polish: (język) ukraiński (pl) m
Portuguese: ucraniano (pt) m
Romanian: ucraineană (ro) f
Russian: украи́нский язы́к (ru) m (ukraínskij jazýk), украи́нский (ru) m (ukraínskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: украински m (језик)

Roman: ukrainski m (jezik)
Slovak: ukrajinčina (sk) f
Slovene: ukrajínščina (sl) f
Sorbian: Ukrainšćina
Spanish: ucraniano (es) m
Swahili: Kikraini
Swedish: ukrainska (sv) c
Tagalog: Ukranyo
Tamil: யூக்ரேனியன் (yūkrēṉiyaṉ)
Tatar: украина (uqraina)
Thai: ภาษายูเครน (th) (paasăa yookrayn)
Turkish: Ukraynaca (tr)
Ukrainian: украї́нська мо́ва (uk) f (ukrajínsʹka móva), украї́нська (uk) f (ukrajínsʹka)
Urdu: یُوکراینی‎ f (yūkrenī)
Vietnamese: tiếng U-kren
Walloon: Oucrinnyin
Welsh: Iwcranaidd, Wcreineg (cy) m or f
West Frisian: Ukraynsk
Yiddish: אוקראַיִניש‎ n (ukrainish)

Adjective

Ukrainian (not comparable)

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 (hy) (ukrainakan)
Asturian: ucranianu (ast)
Belarusian: украі́нскі (ukraínski)
Catalan: ucraïnès (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Valencian: ucraïnés (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: (relating to Ukraine) 烏克蘭的 (zh), 乌克兰的 (zh) (Wūkèlán de), (relating to its people) 烏克蘭人的 (zh), 乌克兰人的 (zh) (Wūkèlánrén de)
Czech: ukrajinský (cs)
Danish: ukrainsk
Faroese: ukrainskur
Finnish: ukrainalainen (fi)
French: ukrainien (fr) m, ukrainienne (fr) f
Galician: ucraíno (gl)
Georgian: უკრაინული (uḳrainuli)
German: ukrainisch (de)
Greek: ουκρανικός (el) (oukranikós)
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)
Kazakh: украин (wkraïn), украиндық (wkraïndıq)

Latvian: ukraiņu, ukrainisks
Lithuanian: ukrainiečių (lt), ukrainietiškas
Low German:
German Low German: ukrainsch
Maltese: Ukranjan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ukrainsk (no)

Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn)
Occitan: ucrainés (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: оукраиньскъ (ukrainĭskŭ)
Polish: ukraiński (pl)
Portuguese: ucraniano (pt)
Romanian: ucrainean (ro) m, ucraineană (ro) f
Russian: украи́нский (ru) (ukraínskij)
Slovene: ukrajínski (sl)
Spanish: ucraniano (es), ucranio (es)
Swedish: ukrainsk (sv)
Tagalog: Ukranyo
Ukrainian: украї́нський (uk) (ukrajínsʹkyj)
Welsh: Wcreinaidd
Yiddish: אוקראַיִניש‎ (ukrainish)

Derived terms

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Ukraine.

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