What does "ukrainian" mean?
A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.
Ukrainian
/juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.
- Grammar: ukrainian is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: language specific to ukraine, of ukraine, ukraine based, ukraine national.
- Useful contrasts: Russian language, foreign language, foreigner.
- Usage evidence: The Ukrainian language is very melodious.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.
"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: […]"
- 2 the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine wordnet
- 3 a native or inhabitant of the Ukraine wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Relating to Ukraine or its people or language. not-comparable
"The Muſcovite, Novogrodian, and Ukrainian dialects, are the moſt uſed in Ruſſia, together with that of Archangel, which greatly reſembles the Siberian."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture wordnet
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 plains of south-west Russia, all speak exactly the same language."
Synonyms
All synonyms language specific to ukraineof ukraineukraine basedukraine nationalukraine relatedukrainian citizen
Antonyms
Example
"The Ukrainian language is very melodious."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ukrainian"?
Common synonyms include: language specific to ukraine, of ukraine, ukraine based, ukraine national, ukraine related, ukrainian citizen.
How do you use "ukrainian" in a sentence?
The Ukrainian language is very melodious.
How do you pronounce "ukrainian"?
Pronounced /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/.
Etymology
From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).