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ruthenian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
ruthe-ni-an
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing ruthenium

noun

A native or inhabitant of Ruthenia; a Ukrainian, a Belarusian, usually in a historical context.

name

Any of various languages historically spoken in Ruthenia; also known as Old Ukrainian, Old Belarusian and Rusian, any Old East Slavic descendant, which is different from Russian, Great Russian or "East Russian"

name

Synonym of Pannonian Rusyn

adj

Of or related to Ruthenia.

adj

Of or related to Pannonian Rusyn.

Etymology

From ruthenium + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more ruthenian (comparative) most ruthenian (superlative) Ruthenians (plural)

Synonyms

Pannonian Rusyn Ruthene Ruthenic Old Ukrainian Old Belarusian

Rhymes With

armenian athenian slovenian fenian tyrrhenian beethovenian ibsenian cyrenian parthenian austenian palmyrenian sophenian

Questions

What does ruthenian mean?
Containing ruthenium
Where does ruthenian come from?
From ruthenium + -ian.

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