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Ukrainian

  • /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/ UK
  • /jʊ-/ UK
  • /juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/ US

Rhymes with -eɪniən

Where it comes from

From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).

adjective Ukr.

  1. not comparable Relating to Ukraine or its people or language. The Muſcovite, Novogrodian, and Ukrainian dialects, are the moſt uſed in Ruſſia, together with that of Archangel, which greatly reſembles the Siberian.

    Similar: Little Russian, Malo-Russian

noun Ukrainians

  1. A person from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent. In general, it is permitted the ſubjects to utter their complaints and to make a repreſentation of them. Thus, the nobility may ſend deputies: this the Ukrainians have long been accuſtomed to do, as also the Livonians and Eſthonians: […]

    Similar: Ruthenian, Ruthene, Ukie, Yukie, bohunk, hunky, Cossack, Little Russian, Malo-Russian, Uke, Ukrainer

proper noun

  1. The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine. It [Old Slavonic] is the root of both branches of the living Russian language: of Great Russian, which is the literary and official Russian, as well as of Ukrainian, or Southern Russian. There are, moreover, no popular dialects in our country. The fourteen millions of Ukrainians, settled in the plai

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ukranian, uzbek, ukraine, kiev, rada, re-, ukr, kyivian, ruthenian, rusyn, carpatho-rusyn, galician, cossack, afro-ukrainian, jewkrainian, khersonian

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adj relating to Ukraine or its people

Españolucraniano, ucranio
한국어우크라이나의 Ukeuraina-ui
日本語ウクライナの Ukuraina no
中文烏克蘭的 /乌克兰的 Wūkèlán de
हिन्दीयूक्रेनी yūkrenī
Portuguêsucraniano
Françaisukrainien, ukrainienne
Deutschukrainisch
Italianoucraino, ucraina
Ελληνικάουκρανικός oukranikós
Românăucrainean, ucraineană
Русскийукраи́нский ukraínskij
Tiếng ViệtU-crai-na
العربيةأُوكْرَانِيّ ʔukrāniyy
עבריתאוּקְרָאִינִי ukraíni, אוּקְרָאִינִית ukraínit

noun person from Ukraine

Españolucraniano, ucraniana, ucranio, ucrania
한국어우크라이나인 ukeurainain, 우크라이나 사람 ukeuraina saram
日本語ウクライナ人 Ukurainajin
中文烏克蘭人 /乌克兰人 Wūkèlánrén
हिन्दीयूक्रेनी yūkrenī
KiswahiliMkraini, Mukraine
Portuguêsucraniano, ucraniana
FrançaisUkrainien, Ukrainienne
DeutschUkrainer, Ukrainerin
Italianoucraino, ucraina
ΕλληνικάΟυκρανός Oukranós, Ουκρανή Oukraní
Românăucrainean, ucraineană, ucraineancă
Русскийукраи́нец ukraínec, украи́нка ukraínka
العربيةأُوكْرَانِيّ ʔukrāniyy, أُوكْرَانِيَّة ʔukrāniyya
עבריתאוּקְרָאִינִי ukraini, אוּקְרָאִינִית ukrainit

name East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine

Españolucraniano
한국어우크라이나어 ukeuraina'eo
日本語ウクライナ語 Ukuraina-go
中文烏克蘭語 /乌克兰语 Wūkèlán yǔ
हिन्दीयूक्रेनी yūkrenī, यूक्रेनियन yūkreniyan
KiswahiliKikraini
Portuguêsucraniano
Françaisukrainien
DeutschUkrainisch
Italianoucraino
ΕλληνικάΟυκρανικά Oukraniká
Românăucraineană
Русскийукраи́нский язы́к ukraínskij jazýk, украи́нский ukraínskij
Tiếng Việttiếng U-crai-na
العربيةأُوكْرَانِيَّة ʔūkrāniyya, أُوكْرَانِيّ ʔūkrāniyy
עבריתאוּקְרָאִינִית ukrainít

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@misc{ukrainian_2026,
  title = {Ukrainian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ukrainian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}