Meanings
proper noun
- informalAny mixture of the Russian and English languages.
Don’t bother defining Runglish, simply let its rising bilingual tides of English-flavored Russian and Russian-flavored English wash over your eardrums – as thousands of speakers in a dozen societies already do. (Moscow News 11 Sept 2013)
2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
RuglishRusslish
Origin
Translations
Russian рунгли́йский язы́к, ра́нглиш
- рунгли́йский язы́к (runglíjskij jazýk)Runglish
- ра́нглиш (rángliš)Runglish
- ру́нглиш (rúngliš)Runglish
Cite this entry
APA
Runglish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Runglish
MLA
“Runglish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Runglish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Runglish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Runglish.
Source: Runglish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.