Great Russian

English

Adjective

Great Russian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to Great Russia.
2. (historical) Of or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia, as opposed to Little Russia, White Russia, etc.

   Synonym: (regular modern term) Russian

Translations

of or pertaining to Great Russia

• French: grand-russien (fr)
• German: großrussisch
• Russian: великоросси́йский (ru) (velikorossíjskij)

of or pertaining to Great Russians, the language of Great Russia

• French: grand-russien (fr)
• German: großrussisch
• Russian: великору́сский (ru) (velikorússkij)

Noun

Great Russian (plural Great Russians)

1. (historical) A person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia.

Translations

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Great Russia

• French: Grand-Russien m, Grand-Russienne f, Grande-Russienne f
• German: Großrusse m, Großrussin f
• Russian: великоро́сс (ru) m (velikoróss), великоро́сска (ru) f (velikorósska), великору́с (ru) m (velikorús), великору́ска (ru) f (velikorúska), великору́сс (ru) m (velikorúss), великору́сска f (velikorússka)

Proper noun

Great Russian

1. (obsolete) The Russian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Ukrainian (Little Russian) and Belarusian (White Russian) languages.

Translations

Russian language, esp. when considered mutually intelligble with Ukrainian and Belarusian

• Danish: storrussisk n
• Estonian: suurvene
• French: grand-russien (fr) m
• German: Großrussisch n
• Russian: великору́сский язы́к m (velikorússkij jazýk), великору́сский (ru) m (velikorússkij) (язы́к); росси́йский язы́к m (rossíjskij jazýk), росси́йский (ru) m (rossíjskij) (язы́к, 18th century)

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