Byelorussian

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/biˌɛləʊˈrʌʃən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(byel′ō rush′ən, bel′ō-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Bye•lo•rus•sian  (byel′ō rush′ən, bel′ō-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Language Varieties, Place Namesof or pertaining to Byelorussia, its people, or their language.

n. 
  1. Place Names, Language Varietiesa native or inhabitant of Byelorussia.
  2. Language Varietiesan East Slavic language, spoken by the inhabitants of Byelorussia and written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Cf. Slavic (def. 1).
Also, Belorussian. 
  • Byelorussi(a) + -an

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Byelorussian adj , n
  1. a variant spelling of Belarussian
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Belarussian, Belarusian, Byelorussian, Belorussian /ˌbɛləʊˈrʌʃən; ˌbjɛl-/ adj
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Belarus, its people, or their language
 n
  1. the official language of Belarus: an East Slavonic language closely related to Russian
  2. a native or inhabitant of Belarus
Also called: White Russian
'Byelorussian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Belarus - Belarussian - Byelorussia - blintze - borscht - gley - Great Russian - latke - Lubavitcher - White Russian - Slavic

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