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Rusyn

adj · name · noun · 4 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.

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  • /ˈruːsɪn/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

The Eastern Slavic language spoken by the Carpatho-Rusyns.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a people living in the eastern Carpathian Mountains, in part of western Ukraine, south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An ethnonym for East Slavic people - any of Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian, an inhabitant of Kievan Rus, Muscovy, etc., an Orthodox, East Slavic inhabitant of Rzeczpospolita.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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History

Etymology

From Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: русі́нскі (rusínski) — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: руси́ньскый (rusýnʹskŷj) — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • German: rusinisch — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • German: rusniakisch — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Hungarian: ruszin — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Hungarian: rutén — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Pannonian Rusyn: руски (ruski) — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Polish: rusiński — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Russian: руси́нский (rusínskij) — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Spanish: rusino — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Ukrainian: руси́нський (rusýnsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to the Rusyn people, culture, or language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: руси́нська бесі́да (rusýnsʹka besída) — East Slavic language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: руси́ньскый язи́к (rusýnʹskŷj jazýk) — East Slavic language
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ру́ски язи́к (rúsky jazýk) — East Slavic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盧森尼亞語 /卢森尼亚语 — East Slavic language
  • Finnish: ruteeni — East Slavic language
  • French: Rusyn — East Slavic language
  • French: Ruthène — East Slavic language
  • German: Rusinisch — East Slavic language
  • German: Rusniakisch — East Slavic language
  • Hungarian: ruszin — East Slavic language
  • Kazakh: русын тіл (rusyn tıl) — East Slavic language
  • Polish: język rusiński — East Slavic language
  • Russian: руси́нский (rusínskij) — East Slavic language
  • Russian: руси́нский язы́к (rusínskij jazýk) — East Slavic language
  • Serbo-Croatian: rusinski — East Slavic language
  • Spanish: rusino — East Slavic language
  • Ukrainian: руси́нська (rusýnsʹka) — East Slavic language
  • Ukrainian: руси́нська мо́ва (rusýnsʹka móva) — East Slavic language
  • Belarusian: русна́к (rusnák) — member of a people
  • Belarusian: русна́чка (rusnáčka) — member of a people
  • Belarusian: русі́н (rusín) — member of a people
  • Belarusian: русі́нка (rusínka) — member of a people
  • Bulgarian: руси́н (rusín) — member of a people
  • Bulgarian: руси́нка (rusínka) — member of a people
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Руси́н (Rusýn) — member of a people
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Руси́нка (Rusýnka) — member of a people
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Русна́к (Rusnák) — member of a people
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Русна́чка (Rusnáčka) — member of a people
  • Czech: Rusín — member of a people
  • Finnish: ruteeni — member of a people
  • French: Ruthène — member of a people
  • French: Rusin — member of a people
  • French: Rusyn — member of a people
  • French: Carpato-ruthène — member of a people
  • French: Rusniak — member of a people
  • French: Rusnak — member of a people
  • French: Ruthénien — member of a people
  • German: Rusine — member of a people
  • German: Rusinin — member of a people
  • German: Rusniake — member of a people
  • German: Rusniakin — member of a people
  • Hungarian: ruszin — member of a people
  • Hungarian: rutén — member of a people
  • Kazakh: русын (rusyn) — member of a people
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Руснак (Rusnak) — member of a people
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Рускиня (Ruskinja) — member of a people
  • Polish: Rusin — member of a people
  • Polish: Rusinka — member of a people
  • Russian: руси́н (rusín) — member of a people
  • Russian: руси́нка (rusínka) — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ру̀сӣн — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Руснак — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rùsīn — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rusnak — member of a people
  • Spanish: rusino — member of a people
  • Ukrainian: ру́си́н (rúsýn) — member of a people
  • Ukrainian: ру́си́нка (rúsýnka) — member of a people
  • Ukrainian: русняк (rusnjak) — member of a people
  • Belarusian: русі́н (rusín) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Belarusian: русі́нка (rusínka) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Belarusian: ру́скі (rúski) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Belarusian: ру́ская (rúskaja) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Belarusian: ру́січ (rúsič) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Belarusian: ру́січка (rúsička) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Polish: Rusin — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Polish: Rusinka — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: руси́н (rusín) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: руси́нка (rusínka) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: ру́сич (rúsič) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: ру́сичка (rúsička) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: ру́сский (rússkij) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Russian: ру́сская (rússkaja) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́си́н (rúsýn) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́си́нка (rúsýnka) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́ський (rúsʹkyj) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́ська (rúsʹka) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́сич (rúsyč) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus
  • Ukrainian: ру́сичка (rúsyčka) — an inhabitant of the ancient Rus