Meanings
plural Zelenskyys · alternative Zelensky · alternative Zelenskiy · alternative Zelenskyi · alternative Zelenski
- A surname from Ukrainian.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), Ukrainian politician, the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.
“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
2024 July 19, Kristen Holmes, “Trump says he had ‘a very good phone call’ with Zelensky, discussed Russia-Ukraine war”, in CNN1 more example
“We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,” Trump wrote.
2025 February 12, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, “After Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’”, in CNNSynonyms: green goblin
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounVolodymyr Zelenskyy (born 1978), Ukrainian politician, the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019.
Origin
Transliteration of Ukrainian Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic زِيلِينْسْكِي
- زِيلِينْسْكِي (zelenskī)surname
Bengali জেলেনস্কি
- জেলেনস্কি (jelenśki)surname
Bulgarian Зеле́нски
- Зеле́нски (Zelénski)surname
Chinese Mandarin 澤連斯基 /泽连斯基
- 澤連斯基 /泽连斯基 (Zéliánsījī)surname
Czech Zelenskyj, Zelenský
- Zelenskyjsurname
- Zelenskýsurname
- Zelenskásurname
Dutch Zelensky
- Zelenskysurname
French Zelensky
- Zelenskysurname
German Selenskyj
- Selenskyjsurname
Greek Ζελένσκι
- Ζελένσκι (Zelénski)surname
Hebrew זֵלֶנְסְקִי
- זֵלֶנְסְקִי (zelénski)surname
Hindi ज़ेलेंस्की
- ज़ेलेंस्की (zelenskī)surname
Hungarian Zelenszkij
- Zelenszkijsurname
Italian Zelens'kyj, Zelensky
- Zelens'kyjsurname
- Zelenskysurname
Japanese ゼレンスキー
- ゼレンスキー (Zerensukī)surname
Korean 젤렌스키, 젤렌스끼
- 젤렌스키 (Jellenseuki)surname
- 젤렌스끼 (Jellenseukki)surname
Latin Selenscius, Selenskius
- Selensciussurname
- Selenskiussurname
Latvian Zelenskis
- Zelenskissurname
Lithuanian Zelenskis
- Zelenskissurname
Polish Zieleński, Zieleńska
- Zieleńskisurname
- Zieleńskasurname
- Zielońskisurname
- Zielońskasurname
- Zełenskisurname
- Zełenskasurname
Romanian Zelenski
- Zelenskisurname
Russian Зеле́нский, Зеле́нская
- Зеле́нский (Zelénskij)surname
- Зеле́нская (Zelénskaja)surname
Slovak Zelenskyj, Zelenský
- Zelenskyjsurname
- Zelenskýsurname
- Zelenskásurname
Swedish Zelenskyj
- Zelenskyjsurname
Thai แซแลนสกึย
- แซแลนสกึยsurname
Turkish Zelenski
- Zelenskisurname
Ukrainian Зеле́нський, Зеле́нська
- Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj)surname
- Зеле́нська (Zelénsʹka)surname
Urdu زیلینْسْکی
- زیلینْسْکی (zelenskī)surname
Vietnamese Dê-len-xki
- Dê-len-xkisurname
Cite this entry
Zelenskyy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zelenskyy
“Zelenskyy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zelenskyy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zelenskyy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zelenskyy.
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