Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to Mordovia (Mordvinia) or its people or culture.
Synonyms: Mordovian, Mordvinian
- A branch of the Finno-Ugric language group.
plural Mordvins
- Any of the people who speak this language.
Three years later, her brother told her that one of her grandparents was a Mordvin and that led her to begin exploring her genealogy.
2026 May 27, Paul A. Goble, “Erzyan Whose Family Denied Their Nationality More Angry at Russians who were Indifferent to Attacks on Her than Those who Did the Attacking”, in Window on Eurasia
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to Mordovia (Mordvinia) or its people or culture.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
nounthe Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish mordva, mordvalainen
- mordvalanguage
- mordvalainenmember of the Mordvin people
German Mordwinisch, Mordwine
- Mordwinischlanguage
- Mordwinemember of the Mordvin people
- Mordwininmember of the Mordvin people
Hungarian mordvin, mordvin
- mordvinlanguage
- mordvinmember of the Mordvin people
Polish język mordwiński, Mordwin
- język mordwińskilanguage
- Mordwinmember of the Mordvin people
- Mordwinkamember of the Mordvin people
Cite this entry
Mordvin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mordvin
“Mordvin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mordvin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mordvin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mordvin.
Source: Mordvin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.