Muscovite

See also: muscovite

English

Etymology

1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

Muscovite (plural Muscovites)

1. An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
2. (archaic, by extension) A Russian.

Translations

resident of Muscovy

• Belarusian: маскаві́т m (maskavít), маскаві́тка f (maskavítka)
• Bulgarian: московча́нин m (moskovčánin), московча́нка f (moskovčánka)
• Danish: moskovit (da) c
• Finnish: moskoviitti (fi)
• Old Ruthenian: москвити́нъ m (moskvitín), моска́ль m (moskálʹ), москви́чъ m (moskvíč); моско́вка f (moskóvka)
• Polish: Moskwicin m (archaic, rare)
• Romanian: muscal (ro) m
• Russian: жи́тель Моско́вии m (žítelʹ Moskóvii), жи́тельница Моско́вии f (žítelʹnica Moskóvii)
• Swedish: moskovit (sv) c
• Ukrainian: москови́т m (moskovýt), моска́ль (uk) m (moskálʹ) (derogatory)

resident of Moscow

• Afrikaans: Moskowiet, Moskouer
• Belarusian: маскві́ч m (maskvíč), маскві́чка f (maskvíčka)
• Bulgarian: московча́нин m (moskovčánin), московча́нка f (moskovčánka)
• Catalan: moscovita (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫斯科人 (Mòsīkērén)

• Czech: Moskvan (cs) m
• Danish: moskovit (da) c, moskvabo c
• Dutch: Moskoviet (nl) m, Moskouer (nl) m, Moskovitische (nl) f, Moskouse (nl) f
• Esperanto: moskvano (man or woman), moskvanino (woman)
• Finnish: moskovalainen (fi)
• French: Moscovite (fr) m or f
• German: Moskauer (de) m, Moskowiter (de) m, Moskauerin (de) f
• Greek: Μοσχοβίτης (el) m (Moschovítis), Μοσχοβίτισσα f (Moschovítissa)
• Hungarian: moszkvai (hu)
• Interlingua: moscovita m or f
• Italian: moscovita (it) m or f
• Japanese: モスクワ人 (Mosukuwa-jin)
• Macedonian: моско́вјанец (mk) m (moskóvjanec), моско́вјанин (mk) m (moskóvjanin), моско́вјанка (mk) f (moskóvjanka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moskovitt (no) m

  Nynorsk: moskovitt m

• Polish: moskwianin (pl) m, moskwianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: moscovita (pt) m or f
• Romanian: moscovit (ro) m, moscovită (ro) f
• Russian: москви́ч (ru) m (moskvíč), москви́чка (ru) f (moskvíčka)
• Slovak: Moskovčan m, Moskovčanka f
• Slovene: moskovčan m, moskovčanka f
• Spanish: moscovita (es) m or f
• Swedish: Moskvabo (sv) c, moskovit (sv) c (archaic, poetic)
• Turkish: Moskovalı
• Ukrainian: москви́ч m (moskvýč), москви́чка f (moskvýčka)
• Welsh: Mosgofiad m
• Yiddish: מאָסקווער m (moskver)

(archaic) Russian — see Russian

Adjective

Muscovite (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
2. Russian.

Translations

Relating to Moscow

• Afrikaans: Moskowities, Moskous
• Arabic: مُوسْكُوفِيّ (mūskūfiyy)
• Armenian: մոսկովյան (moskovyan)
• Azerbaijani: moskvalı
• Belarusian: маско́ўскі (maskóŭski)
• Bulgarian: моско́вски (moskóvski)
• Catalan: moscovita (ca)
• Czech: moskevský (cs)
• Danish: moskovitisk
• Dutch: Moskovitisch (nl), Moskous (nl)
• Esperanto: moskva
• French: moscovite (fr)
• Georgian: მოსკოვის (mosḳovis)
• German: moskowitisch, Moskauer (de), moskauisch (de)
• Greek: μοσχοβίτικος (el) (moschovítikos)
• Hungarian: moszkvai (hu)
• Italian: moscovita (it)
• Macedonian: московски (mk) (moskovski)
• Polish: moskiewski (pl)
• Romanian: moscovit (ro)
• Russian: моско́вский (ru) (moskóvskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀сковскӣ

  Roman: mòskovskī (sh)

• Slovak: moskovský
• Slovene: moskovski
• Swedish: moskovitisk (very archaic)
• Turkish: Moskovalı
• Ukrainian: моско́вський (moskóvsʹkyj)
• Uzbek: moskvalik
• Welsh: Mosgofaidd