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Russki

Russki

English

Alternative forms

Rusky

Adjective

Russki ‎(comparative more Russki, superlative most Russki)

(usually derogatory, colloquial) Russian.

Noun

Russki ‎(plural Russkis or Russkies)

(usually derogatory, colloquial, ethnic slur) Russian.

Synonyms

katsap (Ukrainian context)

Translations

alternative term for Russian (derogatory)

Belarusian: маска́ль (be) m ‎(maskálʹ), маска́лька f ‎(maskálʹka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (pejorative) 老毛子 ‎(Lǎomáozi), 毛子 (zh) ‎(Máozi)
Czech: Rusák (cs) m
Estonian: tibla (et), tiblad (et) pl
Finnish: ryssä (fi), moskoviitti (fi)
French: ruskov (fr), russkoff (fr), russkof, ruskoff (fr), ruskof
German: Russki m, Iwan (de) m
Hungarian: ruszki (hu)

Japanese: (pejorative) 露助 (ja) ‎(ろすけ, Rosuke), ロスケ ‎(Rosuke)
Polish: ruski (pl) m, Rusek (pl) m, kacap (pl) m, kacapka f, moskal m, moskalka f
Russian: (self-derogatory) руса́к (ru) m ‎(rusák), каца́п (ru) m ‎(kacáp), каца́пка (ru) f ‎(kacápka) (from Ukrainian), моска́ль (ru) m ‎(moskálʹ), моска́лька f ‎(moskálʹka) (from Ukrainian), русня́ f ‎(rusnjá) (collective)
Ukrainian: каца́п (uk) m ‎(kacáp), каца́пка f ‎(kacápka), моска́ль m ‎(moskálʹ), моска́лька f ‎(moskálʹka)

References

“Russki” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
“Russki” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
“Russki” in the The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005