Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mujik

/ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mu-jik
IPA: /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Russian (male) peasant.

Example Sentences

"Since she had last looked at a newspaper, it appeared that the Russians had become heroes and magnificent fighters. They were no longer a rabble of ill-equipped moujiks fleeing before the Nazi hordes."
"[A] few days later [I] had rented for the month of August what looked in the snapshots they sent me like a cross between a mujik's izba and Refuge Z, but it had a tiled bathroom and cost dearer than my Appalachian castle."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/

Inflected Forms

mujiks (plural) mujiki (plural) muzhik (alternative) muzhyk (alternative) muzjik (alternative) moujik (alternative)

Synonyms

muzhik moujik muzjik

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce mujik?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/.
What does mujik mean?: A Russian (male) peasant.
Where does mujik come from?: Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).

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