Russki

• Rusky, Ruskie

Borrowed from Russian ру́сский (rússkij, “Russian”). First attested in 1858.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌs.ki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹus.ki/
• Rhymes: -ʌski

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Russki (comparative more Russki, superlative most Russki)

1. (usually derogatory, colloquial) Russian.

Russki (plural Russkis or Russkies)

1. (usually derogatory, colloquial, ethnic slur) Russian.
   • 1960 December, Dallas McCord Reynolds, “I'm a Stranger Here Myself”, in Amazing Stories‎:

     I scanned the front page. "The Russkies have put up another manned satellite."
     "They have, eh? How big?"
     "Several times bigger than anything we Americans have."

• katsap (Ukrainian context)

• “Russki”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “Russki” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Russki”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.