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Russian vs Russicist - What's the difference?

russian | russicist |

As nouns the difference between russian and russicist

is that russian is a person from russia while russicist is a linguist specializing in the russian language.

As a proper noun russian

is the russian language.

As an adjective russian

is of or pertaining to russia.

russian

English

(wikipedia Russian)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person from Russia.
  • An ethnic Russian: a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.
  • A domestic cat breed.
  • A cat of this breed.
  • A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.

    • Derived terms

    * Russianize / Russianise ** Russianization / Russianisation

    Related terms

    * Russify * Russo-

    See also

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Russian language.

    • See also

    * (ru)

    External links

    *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to Russia.
  • Of or pertaining to the Russian language.
  • (dated) Of or pertaining to Rus.

    • Derived terms

    * Russian roulette * White Russian * Russian minutes

    See also

    ; Russian alphabet (Cyrillic) Vocabulary * Language list

    russicist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A linguist specializing in the Russian language.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)