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Ukrainian

English

Alternative forms

(abbreviation): Ukr.

Noun

Ukrainian ‎(plural Ukrainians)

(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)
bohunk, hunky (pejorative)

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: украінец m ‎(ukraínec), украінка f ‎(ukraínka)
Bulgarian: украинец m ‎(ukrainec), украинка f ‎(ukrainka)
Catalan: ucraïnès (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Valencian: ucraïnés 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 c
Esperanto: ukraino (eo) (man or woman), ukrainino (woman)
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 m
Polish: Ukrainiec (pl) m, Ukrainka (pl) f,
Portuguese: ucraniano (pt) m
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: Ukrajinac (sh) m, Ukrajinka f
Slovene: Ukrajínec (sl) m, Ukrajínka f
Spanish: ucraniano (es), ucranio (es)
Swahili: Mkraini (sw)
Swedish: ukrainsk (sv)
Tagalog: Ukranyo
Turkish: Ukraynalı (tr)
Ukrainian: українець (uk) m ‎(ukrajínec’), українка (uk) f ‎(ukrajínka), українці (uk) pl ‎(ukrajínci), українки f pl ‎(ukrajínky)
Welsh: Wcreiniad m, f
Yiddish: אוקראַיִנער m ‎(ukrainer)

Proper noun

Ukrainian

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

Translations

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
Azeri: 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 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: 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)
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: 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)

Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn)
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)
Tagalog: Ukranyo
Tamil: யூக்ரேனியன் ‎(yūkrēṉiyaṉ)
Tatar: украина ‎(uqraina)
Thai: ภาษายูเครน ‎(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, 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: украінскі ‎(ukraínski)
Catalan: ucraïnès (ca) m, ucraïnesa (ca) f
Valencian: ucraïnés 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
Maltese: Ukranjan
Norwegian:

Bokmål: ukrainsk (no)

Nynorsk: ukrainsk (nn)
Occitan: ucrainés
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: український (uk) ‎(ukrajíns’kyj)
Welsh: Wcreinaidd
Yiddish: אוקראַיִניש ‎(ukrainish)

Derived terms

Ukrainian American, Ukrainian-American
Ukrainian Canadian, Ukrainian-Canadian
Ukrainian Catholic, Ukrainian Greek Catholic
Ukrainian Christmas

Ukrainian Easter egg
Ukrainian Easter
Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Greek Orthodox

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Ukraine.

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Definition 2025

Ukrainian

Ukrainian

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