колорад

Russian

Etymology

For the sense of "Russian nationalist", it is from the similarity of the beetle's colours/colors from the Ribbon of Saint George, which is nowadays regarded as a symbol of Russian nationalism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəɫɐˈrat]

Noun

колора́д • (kolorád) m anim (genitive колора́да, nominative plural колора́ды, genitive plural колора́дов)

1. (colloquial) Colorado beetle.
2. (offensive) Pro-Russian separatist in Donetsk/Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine.
3. (politics, slang, derogatory) a Russian ultranationalist.

Declension

Declension of колора́д (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	колора́д kolorád	колора́ды kolorády
genitive	колора́да koloráda	колора́дов kolorádov
dative	колора́ду kolorádu	колора́дам kolorádam
accusative	колора́да koloráda	колора́дов kolorádov
instrumental	колора́дом kolorádom	колора́дами kolorádami
prepositional	колора́де koloráde	колора́дах kolorádax

See also

• ватник (vatnik)