Russify

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/ˈɹuːsɪˌfaɪ̯//ˈɹʌsɪˌfaɪ̯/

verb

To render or become more Russian.

Opposite
derussify
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Meanings

verbRussify (third-person singular simple present Russifies, present participle Russifying, simple past and past participle Russified)

present singular third person Russifies · participle present Russifying · participle past Russified · past Russified

  1. ambitransitiveTo render or become more Russian.

    Antonyms: derussify

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo render or become more Russian.

Opposite
derussify
Also see
russianize

Origin

From Russo- + -ify.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic رَوَّسَ
  • رَوَّسَ (rawwasa)to make or become more Russian
Catalan russificar
  • russificarto make or become more Russian
Chinese Mandarin 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化, 俄國化 /俄国化
  • 俄羅斯化 /俄罗斯化 (éluósīhuà)to make or become more Russian
  • 俄國化 /俄国化 (éguóhuà)to make or become more Russian
  • 俄化 (éhuà)to make or become more Russian
Danish russificere
  • russificereto make or become more Russian
Dutch russificeren
  • russificerento make or become more Russian
Esperanto rusigi
  • rusigito make or become more Russian
Finnish venäläistää, venäläistyä
  • venäläistääto make or become more Russian
  • venäläistyäto make or become more Russian
French russifier
  • russifierto make or become more Russian
German russifizieren
  • russifizierento make or become more Russian
Hungarian oroszosít
  • oroszosítto make or become more Russian
Italian russificare
  • russificareto make or become more Russian
Korean 러시아화하다
  • 러시아화하다 (reosiahwahada)to make or become more Russian
Latvian pārkrievot, rusificēt
  • pārkrievotto make or become more Russian
  • rusificētto make or become more Russian
Polish rusyfikować, zrusyfikować
  • rusyfikowaćto make or become more Russian
  • zrusyfikowaćto make or become more Russian
Portuguese russificar
  • russificarto make or become more Russian
Romanian rusifica
  • rusificato make or become more Russian
Russian русифици́ровать, обрусе́ть
  • русифици́ровать (rusificírovatʹ)to make or become more Russian
  • обрусе́ть (obrusétʹ)to make or become more Russian
Spanish rusificar
  • rusificarto make or become more Russian
Swedish russifiera, förryska
  • russifierato make or become more Russian
  • förryskato make or become more Russian
Turkish Ruslaştırmak
  • Ruslaştırmakto make or become more Russian
Ukrainian русифікува́ти, зрусифікува́ти
  • русифікува́ти (rusyfikuváty)to make or become more Russian
  • зрусифікува́ти (zrusyfikuváty)to make or become more Russian
  • зросі́йщувати (zrosíjščuvaty)to make or become more Russian
  • зросі́йщити (zrosíjščyty)to make or become more Russian
Vietnamese Nga hóa, Nga hoá
  • Nga hóato make or become more Russian
  • Nga hoáto make or become more Russian

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fissury
Cite this entry
APA

Russify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russify

MLA

“Russify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russify. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Russify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Russify.

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