Meanings
nounRussianness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
Origin
Translations
Bengali রুশিয়ানা
- রুশিয়ানা (ruśiẏana)quality of being Russian
Bulgarian рускост
- рускост (ruskost)quality of being Russian
Czech ruskost
- ruskostquality of being Russian
Danish russiskhed
- russiskhedquality of being Russian
Finnish venäläisyys
- venäläisyysquality of being Russian
French russité
- russitéquality of being Russian
Polish rosyjskość, ruszczyzna
- rosyjskośćquality of being Russian
- ruszczyznaquality of being Russian
Portuguese Russidade
- Russidadequality of being Russian
Russian ру́сскость
- ру́сскость (rússkostʹ)quality of being Russian
Ukrainian росі́йськість, ру́ськість
- росі́йськість (rosíjsʹkistʹ)quality of being Russian
- ру́ськість (rúsʹkistʹ)quality of being Russian
Cite this entry
APA
Russianness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russianness
MLA
“Russianness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russianness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Russianness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russianness.
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