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Russophile

noun · 1 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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  • Ireland: /ˈɹʊsɛʊ̯fɐɪ̯l/
  • Ireland: /ɹʊsɛʊ̯ˈfɐɪ̯l/
  • UK: /ˈɹʌsə(ʊ̯)faɪ̯l/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɹuːsəfaɪ̯l/
  • US: /ˈɹʌsəfaɪ̯l/
  • US: /ˈɹʌʃəfaɪ̯l/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russo- + -phile.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: русолюб (/rusoˈljup/) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Bulgarian: русолюбка (/rusoˈljupka/) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Bulgarian: русолюбец (/rusoˈljubets/) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Bulgarian: русолюбче (/rusoˈljupt͡ʃe/) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Catalan: russòfil — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Finnish: moskoviitti — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • French: russophile — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Galician: rusófilo — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Galician: rusófila — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Greek: ρωσόφιλος (rosófilos) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Kazakh: ресейшіл (reseişıl) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Kazakh: орысшыл (orysşyl) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Manx: Roosh-ghraihagh — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Persian: روسوفیل (rusofil) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Polish: rusofil — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Russian: русофи́л (rusofíl) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Russian: русофи́лка (rusofílka) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Spanish: rusófilo — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Swedish: russofil — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Ukrainian: русофі́л (rusofíl) — person who loves the culture of Russia
  • Ukrainian: русофі́лка (rusofílka) — person who loves the culture of Russia