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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Russianness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Russian Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Russianness From Russian + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or characteristic of being Russian.
    • What could represent ‘Russianness’ or ‘Germanness’ inside a work written in English? 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 47:

Translations (14)

cs ruskost (quality of being Russian) · da russiskhed (quality of being Russian) · fi venäläisyys (quality of being Russian) · pl ruszczyzna (quality of being Russian) · mr रशियनपणा (quality of being Russian) · bn রুশিয়ানা (quality of being Russian) · pt Russidade (quality of being Russian) · fr russité (quality of being Russian) · bg рускост (quality of being Russian) · uk росі́йськість (quality of being Russian) · be ру́скасць (quality of being Russian) · pl rosyjskość (quality of being Russian) · ru ру́сскость (quality of being Russian) · uk ру́ськість (quality of being Russian)