Belarusian
English
Alternative forms
- Belorussian, Belarussian, Byelorussian, Bielorussian (obsolete and deprecated)
- Belarusan (academic)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɛləˈɹuːsi.ən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹʌʃən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹuːʃən/, /ˌbɛləˈɹuːʒən/, /ˌbjɛləˈ-/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌʃən, -uːʃən, -uːʒən, -uːsiən
Adjective
Belarusian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Belarus, the Belarusian people.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to Belarus
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Noun
Belarusian (countable and uncountable, plural Belarusians)
- (uncountable) The Slavic language spoken in Belarus (formerly called White Ruthenia or White Russia).
- (countable) A citizen of Belarus.
Synonyms
- Belorussian (deprecated)
- Belarussian (deprecated)
- Byelorussian (deprecated)
- Bielorussian (deprecated)
- Belarusan (academic)
- White Russian (literal translation of the Slavic)
- White Ruthenian
Related terms
Translations
person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent
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language
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Translations to be checked
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Belarusian terms
- Appendix:Belarusian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Belarusian
Further reading
- Belarusian language at Encyclopædia Britannica
- Belarusian, oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com
- ISO 639-1 code be, ISO 639-3 code bel (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Belarusian, bel
- “Belarusian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Belarusian, Belarusan, Belarussian, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.