Standard Lemma guide

Chuvash

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
  • /ˈt͡ʃuːvɑːʃ/
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  • rhymes with -ɑːʃ

1

adj

Meaning 1

From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the Turkic language spoken by the Chuvash

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language

5

noun

Meaning 5

a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga region in eastern Russia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Turki

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: չուվաշական (čʻuvašakan) — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Esperanto: ĉuvaŝa — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • French: tchouvache — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Galician: chuvaxo — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • German: tschuwaschisch — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Hindi: चुवाश (cuvāś) — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Hungarian: csuvas — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Italian: ciuvascio — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Khakas: суваш (suvaş) — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Lithuanian: čiuvašiškas — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Polish: czuwaski — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Portuguese: tchuvache — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Portuguese: chuvache — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Romanian: ciuvaș — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Russian: чува́шский (čuvášskij) — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Slovak: čuvašský — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Spanish: chuvasio — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Turkish: Çuvaş — from, or pertaining to Chuvashia
  • Armenian: չուվաշերեն (čʻuvašeren) — Chuvash language
  • Azerbaijani: çuvaş dili — Chuvash language
  • Bashkir: сыуаш теле (sıwaş tele) — Chuvash language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 楚瓦什語 /楚瓦什语 (Chǔwǎshí yǔ) — Chuvash language
  • Chuvash: чӑваш чӗлхи (čăvaš čĕlh̬i) — Chuvash language
  • Chuvash: чӑвашла (čăvašla) — Chuvash language
  • Crimean Tatar: çuvaş tili — Chuvash language
  • Esperanto: Ĉuvaŝa lingvo — Chuvash language
  • Estonian: tšuvaši keel — Chuvash language
  • Faroese: kjuvasj — Chuvash language
  • Finnish: tšuvassi — Chuvash language
  • French: tchouvache — Chuvash language
  • Galician: chuvaxo — Chuvash language
  • German: tschuwaschische Sprache — Chuvash language
  • German: Tschuwaschisch — Chuvash language
  • Hindi: चुवाश (cuvāś) — Chuvash language
  • Hungarian: csuvas — Chuvash language
  • Irish: Suvaisis — Chuvash language
  • Italian: ciuvascio — Chuvash language
  • Japanese: チュヴァシ語 (Chuvashi go) — Chuvash language
  • Kazakh: шуаш тілі (şuaş tılı) — Chuvash language
  • Khakas: суваш тілі (suvaş tìlì) — Chuvash language
  • Kyrgyz: чуваш тили (cuvaş tili) — Chuvash language
  • Polish: język czuwaski — Chuvash language
  • Portuguese: tchuvache — Chuvash language
  • Portuguese: chuvache — Chuvash language
  • Romanian: ciuvașă — Chuvash language
  • Russian: чувашский язык (čuvášskij jazýk) — Chuvash language
  • Russian: чува́шский (čuvášskij) — Chuvash language
  • Spanish: chuvasio — Chuvash language
  • Tatar: çuaş tele — Chuvash language
  • Turkish: Çuvaşça — Chuvash language
  • Turkmen: çuwaş dili — Chuvash language
  • Uyghur: چۇۋاش تىلى (chuwash tili) — Chuvash language
  • Yakut: чуваш тыла (čuvaš tïla) — Chuvash language
  • Armenian: չուվաշ (čʻuvaš) — person
  • Bashkir: Сыуаш (Sıwaş) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 楚瓦什人 (Chǔwǎshí rén) — person
  • Chuvash: чӑваш (čăvaš) — person
  • Erzya: ветькеть (veťkeť) — person
  • Esperanto: ĉuvaŝa — person
  • French: Tchouvache — person
  • Galician: chuvaxo — person
  • German: Tschuwasche — person
  • German: Tschuwaschin — person
  • Hindi: चुवाश (cuvāś) — person
  • Hungarian: csuvas — person
  • Irish: Suvaiseach — person
  • Italian: ciuvascio — person
  • Japanese: チュヴァシ人 (Chuvashi jin) — person
  • Kazakh: шуваш (şuvaş) — person
  • Khakas: суваш (suvaş) — person
  • Latvian: čuvašs — person
  • Latvian: čuvašiete — person
  • Lithuanian: čiuvašas — person
  • Lithuanian: čiuvašė — person
  • Western Mari: суасламары (suaslamary) — person
  • Polish: Czuwasz — person
  • Polish: Czuwaszka — person
  • Portuguese: tchuvache — person
  • Portuguese: chuvache — person
  • Romanian: ciuvaș — person
  • Romanian: ciuvașă — person
  • Russian: чува́ш (čuváš) — person
  • Russian: чува́шка (čuváška) — person
  • Slovak: Čuvaš — person
  • Slovak: Čuvaška — person
  • Spanish: chuvasio — person
  • Tatar: Чуаш (Çuwaş) — person
  • Turkish: Çuvaş — person