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Russify

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɹuːsɪˌfaɪ̯/
  • /ˈɹʌsɪˌfaɪ̯/
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verb

Meaning 1

To render or become more Russian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: derussify

History

Etymology

From Russo- + -ify.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَوَّسَ (rawwasa) — to make or become more Russian
  • Azerbaijani: ruslaşdırmaq — to make or become more Russian
  • Azerbaijani: ruslaşmaq — to make or become more Russian
  • Belarusian: русіфікава́ць (rusifikavácʹ) — to make or become more Russian
  • Catalan: russificar — to make or become more Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化 (éluósīhuà) — to make or become more Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄國化 /俄国化 (éguóhuà) — to make or become more Russian
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俄化 (éhuà) — to make or become more Russian
  • Crimean Tatar: ruslaştırmaq — to make or become more Russian
  • Danish: russificere — to make or become more Russian
  • Dutch: russificeren — to make or become more Russian
  • Esperanto: rusigi — to make or become more Russian
  • Finnish: venäläistää — to make or become more Russian
  • Finnish: venäläistyä — to make or become more Russian
  • French: russifier — to make or become more Russian
  • Galician: rusificar — to make or become more Russian
  • German: russifizieren — to make or become more Russian
  • Hungarian: oroszosít — to make or become more Russian
  • Ingrian: venästyä — to make or become more Russian
  • Italian: russificare — to make or become more Russian
  • Kazakh: орыстандыру (orystandyru) — to make or become more Russian
  • Kazakh: ورىستاندىرۋ — to make or become more Russian
  • Korean: 러시아화하다 (reosiahwahada) — to make or become more Russian
  • Kyrgyz: орусташтыруу (orustaştıruu) — to make or become more Russian
  • Latvian: pārkrievot — to make or become more Russian
  • Latvian: rusificēt — to make or become more Russian
  • Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠰᠴᡳᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (oroscilambi) — to make or become more Russian
  • Mongolian: оросчлох (orosčlox) — to make or become more Russian
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (orusčilaqu) — to make or become more Russian
  • Polish: rusyfikować — to make or become more Russian
  • Polish: zrusyfikować — to make or become more Russian
  • Portuguese: russificar — to make or become more Russian
  • Romanian: rusifica — to make or become more Russian
  • Russian: русифици́ровать (rusificírovatʹ) — to make or become more Russian
  • Russian: обрусе́ть (obrusétʹ) — to make or become more Russian
  • Spanish: rusificar — to make or become more Russian
  • Swedish: russifiera — to make or become more Russian
  • Swedish: förryska — to make or become more Russian
  • Turkish: Ruslaştırmak — to make or become more Russian
  • Turkmen: ruslaşdyrmak — to make or become more Russian
  • Ukrainian: русифікува́ти (rusyfikuváty) — to make or become more Russian
  • Ukrainian: зрусифікува́ти (zrusyfikuváty) — to make or become more Russian
  • Ukrainian: зросі́йщувати (zrosíjščuvaty) — to make or become more Russian
  • Ukrainian: зросі́йщити (zrosíjščyty) — to make or become more Russian
  • Vietnamese: Nga hóa — to make or become more Russian
  • Vietnamese: Nga hoá — to make or become more Russian
  • Yakut: нууччатый (nuuččatïy) — to make or become more Russian