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mujik

noun · 2 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: /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/
  • UK: /muːˈʒiːk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːk

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Russian (male) peasant.

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

a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muzhik, moujik, muzjik

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: peasant, provincial, bucolic

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մուժիկ (mužik) — Russian peasant
  • Belarusian: селя́нін (sjeljánin) — Russian peasant
  • Belarusian: мужы́к (mužýk) — Russian peasant
  • Belarusian: сялю́к (sjaljúk) — Russian peasant
  • Bulgarian: мужи́к (mužík) — Russian peasant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農民 /农民 (nóngmín) — Russian peasant
  • Czech: mužik — Russian peasant
  • Finnish: musikka — Russian peasant
  • French: moujik — Russian peasant
  • Georgian: მუჯიკი (muǯiḳi) — Russian peasant
  • German: Muschik — Russian peasant
  • German: Mushik — Russian peasant
  • Greek: μουζίκος (mouzíkos) — Russian peasant
  • Hungarian: muzsik — Russian peasant
  • Italian: mužik — Russian peasant
  • Japanese: ムジク (mujiku) — Russian peasant
  • Japanese: 農民 (nōmin) — Russian peasant
  • Kazakh: мұжық (mūjyq) — Russian peasant
  • Korean: 무지크 (mujikeu) — Russian peasant
  • Korean: 농민 (nongmin) — Russian peasant
  • Kyrgyz: мужук (mujuk) — Russian peasant
  • Persian: موژیک (mužik) — Russian peasant
  • Polish: mużyk — Russian peasant
  • Portuguese: mujik — Russian peasant
  • Portuguese: mujique — Russian peasant
  • Russian: крестья́нин (krestʹjánin) — Russian peasant
  • Russian: мужи́к (mužík) — Russian peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: му̀жик — Russian peasant
  • Serbo-Croatian: mùžik — Russian peasant
  • Slovak: mužik — Russian peasant
  • Spanish: mujik — Russian peasant
  • Spanish: muzhik — Russian peasant
  • Swedish: muzjik — Russian peasant
  • Tajik: мужик (mužik) — Russian peasant
  • Turkish: Rus köylüsü — Russian peasant
  • Turkish: mujik — Russian peasant
  • Ukrainian: селя́нин (seljányn) — Russian peasant
  • Ukrainian: мужи́к (mužýk) — Russian peasant
  • Ukrainian: селю́к (seljúk) — Russian peasant
  • Uzbek: mujik — Russian peasant
  • Uzbek: dehqon — Russian peasant
  • Vietnamese: mu-gích — Russian peasant