ukrainian

ukrainian — adjective

1. connected with the country of Ukraine, the people who live there, or the languag

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Definition

connected with the country of Ukraine, the people who live there, or the language they speak.

Example

The Ukrainian flag has two horizontal stripes, one blue and one yellow.

collocation: Ukrainian flag

Amani invited her Ukrainian friends to the New Year dinner party.

Common collocations
  • Ukrainian flag
  • Ukrainian culture
  • Ukrainian language
  • Ukrainian border
  • Ukrainian people

Common Mistakes

She speaks Ukraine.
She speaks Ukrainian.
'Ukraine' is the name of the country; 'Ukrainian' is the adjective form used for the language and other things related to the country.

ukrainian — noun

Word family

  • Ukraine
    noun (proper noun)A2

Synonym discussion

Sense: adjective/1

Ukrainian is the standard adjective meaning ‘from or related to Ukraine’ (e.g., Ukrainian culture, Ukrainian people). Ukraine's is the possessive form used with specific named entities (e.g., Ukraine's capital, Ukraine's president) and is slightly more formal. Ukrainian-language is a compound adjective used specifically before nouns that denote communication, media, or documents (e.g., Ukrainian-language newspaper, Ukrainian-language broadcast). In most everyday contexts, Ukrainian alone is correct and natural; Ukraine's fits better with institutions and leaders, while Ukrainian-language avoids ambiguity when the focus is the medium of expression rather than the country of origin.

Ukrainian ↗Ukraine'sUkrainian-language

Etymology

Old East SlavicUkrainianEnglish

The word 'Ukrainian' comes from 'Ukraine' (the country name) plus the suffix '-ian,' which means 'belonging to' or 'from.' The name 'Ukraine' itself is thought to come from an old Slavic word for 'borderland' or 'frontier region.' The language of the Ukrainian people is a Slavic language that developed alongside Russian and Belarusian.