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Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Chechnyan: a resident of Chechnya.
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adjectiveSynonym of Chechnyan: of or relating to Chechnya, a Russian.
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nouna northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
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Chechen language
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CaucasianCaucasian language
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Origin
- Russianчечен-
- EnglishChechen
From Russian чечен- (čečen-), the root in чече́нец (čečénec, “a Chechen man”) or чече́нский (čečénskij, “Chechen (adjective)”).
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Arabic شِيشَانِيّ, شِيشَانِيَّة
- شِيشَانِيّ (šīšāniyy)A member of the Chechen people
- شِيشَانِيَّة (šīšāniyya)A member of the Chechen people
- شِيشَان (šīšān)language
Bengali শীশানী, শীশানী
- শীশানী (śiśani)A member of the Chechen people
- শীশানী (śiśani)language
- শীশানী (śiśani)of or relating to the Chechen people
Bulgarian чече́нец, чече́нка
- чече́нец (čečénec)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нка (čečénka)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нче (čečénče)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нски (čečénski)of or relating to the Chechen people
Catalan txetxè, txetxena
- txetxèA member of the Chechen people
- txetxenaA member of the Chechen people
- txetxèlanguage
- txetxèof or relating to the Chechen people
Chinese Mandarin 車臣人 /车臣人, 車臣語 /车臣语
- 車臣人 /车臣人 (chēchénrén)A member of the Chechen people
- 車臣語 /车臣语 (Chēchén yǔ)language
Czech Čečenec, Čečenka
- ČečenecA member of the Chechen people
- ČečenkaA member of the Chechen people
- čečenštinalanguage
- čečenskýof or relating to the Chechen people
Danish tjetjener, tjetjensk
- tjetjenerA member of the Chechen people
- tjetjensklanguage
- tjetjenskof or relating to the Chechen people
Dutch Tsjetsjeen, Tsjetsjeense
- TsjetsjeenA member of the Chechen people
- TsjetsjeenseA member of the Chechen people
- Tsjetsjeenslanguage
- Tsjetsjeensof or relating to the Chechen people
Esperanto ĉeĉeno, ĉeĉena
- ĉeĉenoA member of the Chechen people
- ĉeĉenaof or relating to the Chechen people
Estonian tšetšeeni keel
- tšetšeeni keelA member of the Chechen people
Finnish tšetšeeni, tšetšeeni
- tšetšeeniA member of the Chechen people
- tšetšeenilanguage
- tšetšenialainenof or relating to the Chechen people
Flemish Tsjetsjeens
- Tsjetsjeenslanguage
French Tchétchène, tchétchène
- TchétchèneA member of the Chechen people
- tchétchènelanguage
German Tschetschene, Tschetschenin
- TschetscheneA member of the Chechen people
- TschetscheninA member of the Chechen people
- Tschetschenischlanguage
- tschetschenischof or relating to the Chechen people
Greek τσετσενικά
- τσετσενικά (tsetseniká)language
Hebrew צ׳צ׳נית
- צ׳צ׳נית (chechenít)language
Hindi चेचेन, चेचेन
- चेचेन (cecen)A member of the Chechen people
- चेचेन (cecen)language
- चेचन (cecan)language
Hungarian csecsen, csecsen
- csecsenA member of the Chechen people
- csecsenlanguage
Icelandic téténska, tsjétsjénska
- téténskalanguage
- tsjétsjénskalanguage
Irish Seisniach, Seisnis
- SeisniachA member of the Chechen people
- Seisnislanguage
- Seisniachof or relating to the Chechen people
Italian ceceno, cecena
- cecenoA member of the Chechen people
- cecenaA member of the Chechen people
- cecenolanguage
Japanese チェチェン人, チェチェン語
- チェチェン人 (chechenjin)A member of the Chechen people
- チェチェン語 (Chechen-go)language
Korean 체첸인, 체첸어
- 체첸인 (chechenin)A member of the Chechen people
- 체첸어 (Chechen-eo)language
Latvian Čečenu valoda
- Čečenu valodalanguage
Norwegian Bokmål tsjetsjener, tsjetsjensk
- tsjetsjenerA member of the Chechen people
- tsjetsjensklanguage
- tsjetsjenskof or relating to the Chechen people
Persian چچنی
- چچنی (čečeni)language
Polish Czeczen, Czeczenka
- CzeczenA member of the Chechen people
- CzeczenkaA member of the Chechen people
- czeczeńskilanguage
- czeczeńskiof or relating to the Chechen people
Portuguese checheno, tchetcheno
- chechenoA member of the Chechen people
- tchetchenoA member of the Chechen people
- chechenolanguage
- tchetchenolanguage
- chechenoof or relating to the Chechen people
- tchetchenoof or relating to the Chechen people
Romanian cecen, cecenă
- cecenA member of the Chechen people
- cecenăA member of the Chechen people
- cecenălanguage
- limba cecenălanguage
- cecenof or relating to the Chechen people
Russian чече́нец, чече́нка
- чече́нец (čečénec)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нка (čečénka)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нский (čečénskij)language
- чече́нский (čečénskij)of or relating to the Chechen people
Slovak čečenčina, čečenský
- čečenčinalanguage
- čečenskýof or relating to the Chechen people
Spanish checheno, checheno
- chechenoA member of the Chechen people
- chechenolanguage
- chechenoof or relating to the Chechen people
Swedish tjetjen, tjetjener
- tjetjenA member of the Chechen people
- tjetjenerA member of the Chechen people
- tjetjenskalanguage
- tjetjenskof or relating to the Chechen people
Turkish Çeçen, Çeçence
- ÇeçenA member of the Chechen people
- Çeçencelanguage
Ukrainian чече́нець, чече́нка
- чече́нець (čečénecʹ)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нка (čečénka)A member of the Chechen people
- чече́нська (čečénsʹka)language
- чече́нський (čečénsʹkyj)of or relating to the Chechen people
Yiddish טשעטשניער, טשעטשניערין
- טשעטשניער (tshetshnyer)A member of the Chechen people
- טשעטשניערין (tshetshnyerin)A member of the Chechen people
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Chechen
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APA
Chechen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechen
MLA
“Chechen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chechen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chechen.
Source: Chechen on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.