Ukrainian
Syllables: Ukrain·ianUK/juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən//juˈkɹeɪ.ni.ən/
Ukrainian adjective: relating to Ukraine or its people or language.
Adjective
Ukrainian (not comparable)
- Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.
- The Muſcovite, Novogrodian, and Ukrainian dialects, are the moſt uſed in Ruſſia, together with that of Archangel, which greatly reſembles the Siberian.1762, George Sale et al., “Sect. III. Language, Learning, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce of Russia.”, in The Modern Part of An Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time. […], volume...
- The ukrainian peaſantry ſovv far more ſummer-grain, becauſe the vvinter-ſovving in their vvet and ſnovvleſs vvinters is apt to rot and ſo to render the harveſt doubtful, vvhich in the northern provinces is exactly the reverſe. Inſtead of the light hook-plough, they uſe the large heavy ukrainian...1799, William Tooke, “Section IV. Agriculture.”, in View of the Russian Empire During the Reign of Catharine the Second and to the Close of the Present Century. […], volume III, London: […] T[homas]...
- Synonyms:
- Little Russian, Malo-Russian
Noun
Ukrainian (plural Ukrainians)
- A person from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent.
- In general, it is permitted the ſubjects to utter their complaints and to make a repreſentation of them. Thus, the nobility may ſend deputies: this the Ukrainians have long been accuſtomed to do, as also the Livonians and Eſthonians: […]1799, William Tooke, “Section IV. The Form of Government.”, in View of the Russian Empire During the Reign of Catharine the Second and to the Close of the Present Century. […], volume II, London: […]...
- Zavadoffsky, a young Ukrainian, was favoured in private with the smiles of the empress [Catherine the Great].1803, Mary Hays, “Catherine II. (Concluded.)”, in Female Biography; or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries. […], volume III, London: […] Richard Phillips, […] [b]y...
- Synonyms:
- Ruthenian, Ruthene, Ukie, Yukie, bohunk, hunky, Cossack, Little Russian, Malo-Russian, Uke
Proper noun
Ukrainian
- The East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine.
- It [Old Slavonic] is the root of both branches of the living Russian language: of Great Russian, which is the literary and official Russian, as well as of Ukrainian, or Southern Russian. There are, moreover, no popular dialects in our country. The fourteen millions of Ukrainians, settled in the...1888, Stepniak [i.e., Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky], chapter I, in The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life, and Religion, 2nd edition, volume II, London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co....
Ukrainian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Ukrainian in Hindi
- relating to Ukraine or its people
- यूक्रेनी yūkrenī
- person from Ukraine
- यूक्रेनी yūkrenī
- East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine
- यूक्रेनी yūkrenī, यूक्रेनियन yūkreniyan
Ukrainian in Tamil
- East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine
- யூக்ரேனியன் yūkrēṉiyaṉ
Ukrainian in Urdu
- relating to Ukraine or its people
- یوکرینی yūkrenī
- person from Ukraine
- یوکرینی yūkrenī
- East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine
- یُوکراینی yūkrenī
Ukrainian in Bengali
- relating to Ukraine or its people
- ইউক্রেনীয় iukreniẏo
- East Slavic language of Ukrainians, and the official language of Ukraine
- ইউক্রেনীয় ভাষা iukreniẏo bhaśa
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- Ukrainian in Nepali
- युक्रेनी yukrenī
- Ukrainian in Pashto
- یوکراینی yokrāyni
- Ukrainian in Tagalog
- Ukranyo
- Ukrainian in Arabic
- أُوكْرَانِيّ ʔukrāniyy, أُوكْرَانِيَّة ʔukrāniyya
- Ukrainian in Malay
- Ukraine, bahasa Ukraine, bahasa Ukrainia
- Ukrainian in Indonesian
- Ukraina, bahasa Ukrainia
- Ukrainian in Persian
- اوکراینی okrâyni
- Ukrainian in Thai
- ยูเครน yuu-kreen, ภาษายูเครน paa-sǎa yuu-kreen
- Ukrainian in Vietnamese
- U-crai-na, tiếng U-crai-na
- Ukrainian in Myanmar
- ယူကရိန်း yuka.rin:
Examples of Ukrainian in a sentence
- The 118-foot tree grew-on the southern Ukrainian island of Khortitsa, which lies in the middle of the Dnipro River and once was home to Ukraine's largest Cossack settlement.1995 August 12, “700-year-old oak in Ukraine dies”, in The Times-News, volume 90, number 224, Twin Falls, Ida.: Times-News Pub. Co., →OCLC...
- From Moscow on August 1, we flew down to Kiev for a quick visit to Ukraine and a meeting with Leonid Kravchuk, chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet.1998, George [Herbert Walker] Bush, Brent Scowcroft, “A House Divides”, in A World Transformed (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred...
- The difference between Ukrainian refugees and other reluctant exiles is that Ukrainians are desperate to return.2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 49:
- It [Old Slavonic] is the root of both branches of the living Russian language: of Great Russian, which is the literary and official Russian, as well as of Ukrainian, or Southern Russian.1888, Stepniak [i.e., Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky], chapter I, in The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life, and...
Synonyms of Ukrainian
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Forms of Ukrainian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ukr. |
| Noun | |
| plural | Ukrainians |
Origin of Ukrainian
From Ukraine + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from; like; related to’, forming adjectives; or ‘one belonging to, from, like, or relating to’, forming nouns).
Words formed from Ukrainian
- Afro-Ukrainian
- Jewkrainian
- Russo-Ukrainian
- Ukrainian American
- Ukrainian-American
- Ukrainian Catholic
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic
- Ukrainian Christmas
- Ukrainian Dorian
- Ukrainian Easter
- Ukrainian Easter egg
- Ukrainianisation
- Ukrainianism
- Ukrainianization
- Ukrainianize
- Ukrainianness
- Ukrainian Orthodox
- Ukrainian Greek Orthodox
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- Ukrainian studies
- Red Ukrainian
Phrases with Ukrainian
Words that rhyme with Ukrainian
- Canaan
- uranian
- Albanian
- Iranian
- Jordanian
- Lithuanian
- Panamanian
- Pennsylvanian
- pomeranian
- Romanian
- Americanian
- bibliomanian
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Questions about Ukrainian
- What does Ukrainian mean?
- Ukrainian means relating to Ukraine or its people or language.
- What is Ukrainian in Hindi?
- Ukrainian in Hindi is यूक्रेनी (yūkrenī), यूक्रेनियन (yūkreniyan). See Ukrainian meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Ukrainian in a sentence?
- The 118-foot tree grew-on the southern Ukrainian island of Khortitsa, which lies in the middle of the Dnipro River and once was home to Ukraine's largest Cossack settlement.
- What part of speech is Ukrainian?
- Ukrainian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Ukrainian?
- Ukrainian is pronounced /juːˈkɹeɪ.nɪ.ən/ (UK).
Words near Ukrainian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Ukrainian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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