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Lithuanian

adj · noun · 6 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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  • UK: /ˌlɪθ.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/
  • UK: /ˌlɪð.juˈeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ˌlɪθ.uˈeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /lɪθˈweɪ.ni.ən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪniən
  • CMU ARPABET: L IH2 TH AH0 W EY1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Lithuania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The main language of Lithuania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the official language of Lithuania; belongs to the Baltic branch of Indo-European

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Baltic, Baltic language

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Lithuania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Lithuania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lithuanian From Lithuania + -an.

Across languages

Translations

259 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Litaus — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Afrikaans: Litous — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Albanian: lituan — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Albanian: lituanez — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ (lituwāniyy) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Armenian: լիտվական (litvakan) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Asturian: lituanu — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Azerbaijani: litva — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Basque: lituaniar — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Belarusian: літо́ўскі (litówski) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Bengali: লিথুয়ানীয় (lithuẏaniẏo) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Bulgarian: лито́вски (litóvski) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Burmese: လစ်သူယေးနီးယား (lacsuye:ni:ya:) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Catalan: lituà — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 立陶宛的 (Lìtáowǎn de) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Czech: litevský — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Danish: litauisk — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Dutch: Litouws — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Esperanto: litova — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Estonian: leedu — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Faroese: litaviskur — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Finnish: liettualainen — of or relating to Lithuania
  • French: lithuanien — of or relating to Lithuania
  • French: lituanien — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Friulian: lituan — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Galician: lituano — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Georgian: ლიტვური (liṭvuri) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • German: litauisch — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Greek: λιθουανικός (lithouanikós) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Hawaiian: Lituania — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Hebrew: לִיטָאִי (lita'í) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Hindi: लिथुआनियाई (lithuāniyāī) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Icelandic: litháískur — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Icelandic: litháskur — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Icelandic: litháenskur — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Irish: Liotuánach — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Italian: lituano — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Japanese: リトアニアの (Ritoania no) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Kazakh: литвалық (litvalyq) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Khmer: លីទុយអានី (liituyʼaanii) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Korean: 리투아니아의 (Rituania-ui) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Kyrgyz: литва (litva) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Lao: ລີຕົວນີ (lī tūa nī) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latin: lithuanicus — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latvian: Lietuvas — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latvian: Leišzemes (of Lithuania) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latvian: lietuviešu — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latvian: lietuvju — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Latvian: leišu (of Lithuanians) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Lithuanian: lietuviškas — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Macedonian: литвански (litvanski) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Maltese: Litwan — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Maltese: Litwanjan — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Manx: Litaanagh — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Mongolian: литва (litva) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Mongolian: ᠯᠢᠲ᠋ᠸᠠ (litwa) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: litauisk — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: litauisk — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Occitan: lituanian — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Old Ruthenian: литовский (litovskij) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Persian: لیتوانیایی (litvâniyâyi) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Polish: litewski — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituano — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituânio — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituânico — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Romanian: lituanian — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Russian: лито́вский (litóvskij) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Serbo-Croatian: лѝтва̄нскӣ — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Serbo-Croatian: lìtvānskī — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Slovak: litovský — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Slovene: lítovski — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Upper Sorbian: litawski — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Upper Sorbian: litwjanski — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Spanish: lituano — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Swedish: litauisk — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Tajik: литвонӣ (litvoni) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Thai: ลิทัวเนีย (lí-tuua-niia) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Turkish: Litvan — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Turkmen: litwa — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Ukrainian: лито́вський (lytóvsʹkyj) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Uyghur: لىتۋا (litwa) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Uzbek: litva — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Vietnamese: Lít-va — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Volapük: Lietuvänik — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Welsh: Lithwanaidd — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Yiddish: ליטוויש (litvish) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Yiddish: ליטוויניש (litvinish) — of or relating to Lithuania
  • Afrikaans: Litaus — language
  • Afrikaans: Litous — language
  • Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ (lituwāniyy) — language
  • Arabic: لِتُوَانِيَّة (lituwāniyya) — language
  • Armenian: լիտվերեն (litveren) — language
  • Asturian: lituanu — language
  • Azerbaijani: Litva dili — language
  • Basque: lituaniera — language
  • Belarusian: літо́ўская мо́ва (litówskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: літо́ўская (litówskaja) — language
  • Bengali: লিথুয়ানিয়ান ভাষা (lithuẏāniẏān bhāṣā) — language
  • Bulgarian: лито́вски (litóvski) — language
  • Catalan: lituà — language
  • Chechen: литойн мотт (litojn mott) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 立陶宛語 /立陶宛语 (lìtáowǎnyǔ) — language
  • Czech: litevština — language
  • Danish: litauisk — language
  • Dutch: Litouws — language
  • Esperanto: litova — language
  • Estonian: leedu keel — language
  • Faroese: litaviskt — language
  • Finnish: liettua — language
  • French: lithuanien — language
  • French: lituanien — language
  • Galician: lituano — language
  • Georgian: ლიტვური (liṭvuri) — language
  • Georgian: ლიტვური ენა (liṭvuri ena) — language
  • Georgian: ლიეტუვური (lieṭuvuri) — language
  • Georgian: ლიეტუვური ენა (lieṭuvuri ena) — language
  • German: Litauisch — language
  • Greek: λιθουανικά (lithouaniká) — language
  • Gujarati: લિથુઆનિયન ભાષા (lithuāniyan bhāṣā) — language
  • Hebrew: לִיטָאִית (lita'ít) — language
  • Hungarian: litván — language
  • Icelandic: litháíska — language
  • Icelandic: litháska — language
  • Icelandic: litháenska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Lithuania — language
  • Irish: Liotuáinis — language
  • Italian: lituano — language
  • Japanese: リトアニア語 (ritoaniago) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាលីទុយអានី (phiəsaa liituyʼaanii) — language
  • Korean: 리투아니아어 (rituania'eo) — language
  • Kyrgyz: литовчо (litovco) — language
  • Latvian: lietuviešu valoda — language
  • Latvian: lietuviešu — language
  • Latvian: leišu valoda — language
  • Latvian: leišu — language
  • Latvian: lietuvju valoda — language
  • Latvian: lietuvju — language
  • Lithuanian: lietuvių kalba — language
  • Lithuanian: lietuvių — language
  • Luxembourgish: Litauesch — language
  • Macedonian: литвански (litvanski) — language
  • Manx: Litaanish — language
  • Nauruan: dorerin Rituainiya — language
  • Navajo: Łitʼoowę́ę́ bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: litauisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: litauisk — language
  • Persian: لیتوانیایی (litvâniyâyi) — language
  • Polish: litewski — language
  • Portuguese: lituano — language
  • Portuguese: lituânio — language
  • Portuguese: lituânico — language
  • Romanian: limba lituaniană — language
  • Romanian: lituaniană — language
  • Russian: лито́вский язы́к (litóvskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: лито́вский (litóvskij) — language
  • Scots: Lithuanie — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: литвански — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: litvanski — language
  • Slovak: litovčina — language
  • Slovene: lítovščina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: litawšćina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: litwjanšćina — language
  • Spanish: lituano — language
  • Swedish: litauiska — language
  • Telugu: లిథువేనియన్ భాష (lithuvēniyan bhāṣa) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาลิทัวเนีย (paa-sǎa lí-tuua-niia) — language
  • Turkish: Litvanca — language
  • Ukrainian: лито́вська мо́ва (lytóvsʹka móva) — language
  • Ukrainian: лито́вська (lytóvsʹka) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Lít-va — language
  • Volapük: Lietuvänapük — language
  • Welsh: Lithwaneg — language
  • Yiddish: ליטוויש (litvish) — language
  • Yiddish: ליטוויניש (litvinish) — language
  • Afrikaans: Litauer — person from Lithuania
  • Afrikaans: Litouer — person from Lithuania
  • Albanian: lituanez — person from Lithuania
  • Albanian: lituan — person from Lithuania
  • Arabic: لِتُوَانِيّ (lituwāniyy) — person from Lithuania
  • Arabic: لِتُوَانِيَّة (lituwāniyya) — person from Lithuania
  • Armenian: լիտվացի (litvacʻi) — person from Lithuania
  • Asturian: lituanu — person from Lithuania
  • Asturian: lituana — person from Lithuania
  • Basque: lituaniar — person from Lithuania
  • Belarusian: літо́вец (litóvjec) — person from Lithuania
  • Belarusian: літо́ўка (litówka) — person from Lithuania
  • Bulgarian: литовец (litovec) — person from Lithuania
  • Bulgarian: литовка (litovka) — person from Lithuania
  • Catalan: lituà — person from Lithuania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 立陶宛人 (lìtáowǎnrén) — person from Lithuania
  • Czech: Litevec — person from Lithuania
  • Czech: Litevka — person from Lithuania
  • Danish: litauer — person from Lithuania
  • Dutch: Litouwer — person from Lithuania
  • Dutch: Litouwse — person from Lithuania
  • Esperanto: litovo — person from Lithuania
  • Estonian: leedulane — person from Lithuania
  • Faroese: litavi — person from Lithuania
  • Finnish: liettualainen — person from Lithuania
  • French: Lithuanien — person from Lithuania
  • French: Lituanien — person from Lithuania
  • French: Lithuanienne — person from Lithuania
  • French: Lituanienne — person from Lithuania
  • Galician: lituano — person from Lithuania
  • Georgian: ლიტველი (liṭveli) — person from Lithuania
  • German: Litauer — person from Lithuania
  • German: Litauerin — person from Lithuania
  • Greek: Λιθουανός (Lithouanós) — person from Lithuania
  • Greek: Λιθουανή (Lithouaní) — person from Lithuania
  • Hawaiian: Lituania — person from Lithuania
  • Hebrew: לִיטָאִי (lita'í) — person from Lithuania
  • Hungarian: litván — person from Lithuania
  • Icelandic: Lithái — person from Lithuania
  • Irish: Liotuánach — person from Lithuania
  • Italian: lituano — person from Lithuania
  • Japanese: リトアニア人 (ritoaniajin) — person from Lithuania
  • Kazakh: литва (litva) — person from Lithuania
  • Kazakh: литвалық (litvalyq) — person from Lithuania
  • Korean: 리투아니아인 (rituaniain) — person from Lithuania
  • Korean: 리투아니아 사람 (rituania saram) — person from Lithuania
  • Kyrgyz: литва (litva) — person from Lithuania
  • Kyrgyz: литов (litov) — person from Lithuania
  • Latvian: lietuvietis — person from Lithuania
  • Latvian: lietuviete — person from Lithuania
  • Lithuanian: lietuvis — person from Lithuania
  • Lithuanian: lietuvė — person from Lithuania
  • Macedonian: Литванец (Litvanec) — person from Lithuania
  • Macedonian: Литванка (Litvanka) — person from Lithuania
  • Manx: Litaanagh — person from Lithuania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: litauer — person from Lithuania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: litauar — person from Lithuania
  • Polish: Litwin — person from Lithuania
  • Polish: Litwinka — person from Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituano — person from Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituânio — person from Lithuania
  • Portuguese: lituânico — person from Lithuania
  • Romanian: lituanian — person from Lithuania
  • Romanian: lituaniană — person from Lithuania
  • Russian: лито́вец (litóvec) — person from Lithuania
  • Russian: лито́вка (litóvka) — person from Lithuania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Литванац — person from Lithuania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Litvanac — person from Lithuania
  • Slovak: Litovčan — person from Lithuania
  • Slovak: Litovčanka — person from Lithuania
  • Slovene: Litvanec — person from Lithuania
  • Slovene: Litvanka — person from Lithuania
  • Spanish: lituano — person from Lithuania
  • Swedish: litauer — person from Lithuania
  • Thai: ชาวลิทัวเนีย (chaao lí-tuua-niia) — person from Lithuania
  • Turkish: Litvanyalı — person from Lithuania
  • Turkmen: litwa — person from Lithuania
  • Ukrainian: лито́вець (lytóvecʹ) — person from Lithuania
  • Ukrainian: лито́вка (lytóvka) — person from Lithuania
  • Uzbek: litva — person from Lithuania
  • Vietnamese: người Lít-va — person from Lithuania
  • Volapük: Lietuvänan — person from Lithuania
  • Welsh: Lithwaniad — person from Lithuania
  • Yiddish: ליטווינער (litviner) — person from Lithuania
  • Yiddish: ליטוואַק (litvak) — person from Lithuania
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