Vatnik denotes a dedicated jingoistic follower of propaganda from the Russian government.
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Vatnik
//ˈvætnɪk//
Synonyms for "vatnik" (7 found)
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Translations
34 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- վատնիկ noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Belarusian
2 entries- ва́тнік noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- ва́тніца noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Chinese
3 entries- 棉襖 /棉袄 noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- 棉襖 /棉袄 noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- 黃俄 /黄俄 noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Estonian
2 entries- vatnik noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Finnish
1 entries- vatnikki noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
French
2 entries- vatnik noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Georgian
1 entries- ვატნიკი noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
German
1 entries- Watnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Hungarian
4 entries- pufajka noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- vatnyik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- vattakabát noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
Kazakh
1 entries- мақтабас noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Latvian
3 entries- vatenis noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- vatnieks noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- vatņiks noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Lithuanian
1 entries- vatnikas noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Polish
2 entries- watnik noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- watnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Russian
4 entries- ва́та noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- ва́тник noun (a Russian style of quilted jacket)
- ва́тник noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- ва́тница noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Swedish
1 entries- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Ukrainian
3 entries- ва́та noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- ва́тник noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
- ва́тниця noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Uzbek
1 entries- vatnik noun (unintelligent Russian patriot, supporter of Russian aggressive policies (derogatory))
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Two models each for men and women are featured at prices ranging from 100 to 140 rubles, more than the cost of a 'vatnik.' (The ruble is nominally valued at four to $1.)
Source: wiktionary
Vatnik, originally a name of a warm cotton-padded Russian jacket that is still used sometimes in rural areas, has a broad meaning of all people with imperial Russian ideology.
Source: wiktionary
A vatnik basically refers to a Russian who is not too bright and who loves him some Putin.
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