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Bulgarian

  • /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/ UK
  • /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/ US
  • /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/ US
  • /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/ Philippines

Rhymes with -ɛəɹiən

Where it comes from

From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian.

adjective more Bulgarian · most Bulgarian · Bulg.

  1. Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language. Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.

noun Bulgarians · Bulg.

  1. countable A native of Bulgaria. Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.
  2. uncountable The official language of Bulgaria. The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian.
  3. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bulgaria, sofia, insurance, bulgarie, serbo, thracian, bulgar, bulgaric, balkan, balkanic, danubian, moesian, bolgarian, bulgarophile, bolgar, bolğar

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adj relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language

Españolbúlgaro
한국어불가리아의 Bulgaria-ui
日本語ブルガリアの Burugaria no
中文保加利亞的 /保加利亚的 Bǎojiālìyà de
हिन्दीबुल्गारियाई bulgāriyāī
Portuguêsbúlgaro
Françaisbulgare
Deutschbulgarisch
Italianobulgaro
Ελληνικάβουλγαρικός voulgarikós, βουλγάρικος voulgárikos
Românăbulgar, bulgăresc
Русскийболга́рский bolgárskij
Tiếng ViệtBun-ga-ri
العربيةبُلْغَارِيّ bulḡāriyy
עבריתבּוּלְגָּרִי

noun native of Bulgaria

Españolbúlgaro, búlgara
한국어불가리아인 bulgariain, 불가리아 사람 bulgaria saram
日本語ブルガリア人 burugariajin
中文保加利亞人 /保加利亚人 bǎojiālìyǎrén
Portuguêsbúlgaro, búlgara
FrançaisBulgare
DeutschBulgare, Bulgarin
Italianobulgaro, bulgara
ΕλληνικάΒούλγαρος Voúlgaros, Βουλγάρα Voulgára
Românăbulgar, bulgăroaică, bulgară
Русскийболга́рин bolgárin, болга́рка bolgárka
Tiếng Việtngười Bun-ga-ri
العربيةبُلْغَارِيّ bulḡāriyy, بُلْغَارِيَّة bulḡāriyya

noun language

Españolbúlgaro
한국어불가리아어 bulgaria'eo
日本語ブルガリア語 burugariago
中文保加利亞語 /保加利亚语 bǎojiālìyǎyǔ
हिन्दीबुलगारी bulgārī
KiswahiliKibulgaria
Portuguêsbúlgaro
Françaisbulgare
DeutschBulgarisch
Italianobulgaro
Ελληνικάβουλγαρικά voulgariká
Românăbulgară, limba bulgară
Русскийболга́рский bolgárskij
Tiếng Việttiếng Bun-ga-ri
العربيةبُلْغَارِيّ bulḡāriyy
עבריתבולגרית bulgarít

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@misc{bulgarian_2026,
  title = {Bulgarian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bulgarian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}