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ruthenian

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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  • rhymes with -iːniən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing ruthenium

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or related to Ruthenia.

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3

name

Meaning 3

Any of various languages historically spoken in Ruthenia; also known as Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian and Rusian, any Old East Slavic descendant, which is different from Russian, Great Russian or "East Russian"

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia; a Ukrainian, a Belarusian, usually in a historical context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From ruthenium + -ian.

From Ruthenia + -an.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: заходнеру́скі (zaxodnjerúski) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Belarusian: рутэ́нскі (ruténski) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Catalan: rutè — of or related to Ruthenia
  • French: ruthènien — of or related to Ruthenia
  • German: ruthenisch — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Italian: ruteno — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Church Slavic: западьнорусьскъ (zapadĭnorusĭskŭ) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Polish: rusiński — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Polish: ruski — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Polish: ruteński — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Russian: западнору́сский (zapadnorússkij) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Russian: руте́нский (ruténskij) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Spanish: ruteno — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Ukrainian: західнору́ський (zaxidnorúsʹkyj) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Ukrainian: руте́нський (ruténsʹkyj) — of or related to Ruthenia
  • Belarusian: заходнеру́скі (zaxodnjerúski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Belarusian: рутэ́нскі (ruténski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • French: ruthènien — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • German: Ruthenisch — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Church Slavic: западьнорусьскъ (zapadĭnorusĭskŭ) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Polish: język ruski — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Russian: западнору́сский (zapadnorússkij) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Russian: руте́нский (ruténskij) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Ukrainian: західнору́ський (zaxidnorúsʹkyj) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Ukrainian: руте́нський (ruténsʹkyj) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic in Ruthenia
  • Belarusian: старабелару́скі (starabjelarúski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus
  • Belarusian: старажытнабелару́скі (staražytnabjelarúski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus
  • Polish: język starobiałoruski — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus
  • Russian: древнебелору́сский (drevnebelorússkij) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus
  • Ukrainian: давньобілору́ський (davnʹobilorúsʹkyj) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Belarus
  • Belarusian: стараўкраі́нскі (starawkraínski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine
  • Belarusian: старажытнаўкраі́нскі (staražytnawkraínski) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine
  • Polish: język staroukraiński — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine
  • Russian: древнеукраи́нский (drevneukraínskij) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine
  • Ukrainian: давньоукраї́нський (davnʹoukrajínsʹkyj) — historical descendant of Old East Slavic, specifically in Ukraine
  • Catalan: rutè — person from the Rus people
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Руснак (Rusnak) — person from the Rus people
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Рускиня (Ruskinja) — person from the Rus people
  • Polish: Rusin — person from the Rus people
  • Polish: Rusinka — person from the Rus people
  • Polish: Rusin — Ruthenian person from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Polish: Rusinka — Ruthenian person from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania