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Cyrillic
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English
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Etymology
From the name en Cyril -ic, from en la-med Cȳrillus, from en grc Κῡ́ρῐλλος, denoting Saints Cyril and Methodius Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.
Pronunciation
en /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cyrillic.wav Southern England
en Cy ril lic
Adjective
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Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.
Coordinate terms
en ustav poluustav
Derived terms
en Cyrillize Cyrillic numeral Cyrillic numerals Cyrillicize Cyrillisation Cyrillization faux Cyrillic
Translations
of or pertaining to Cyrillic
Arabic: ar سِرِيلِيّ
Basque: eu ziriliko
Belarusian: be кірылі́чны
Bulgarian: bg ки́рилски
Catalan: ca ciríl·lic
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西里爾 xīlǐ'ěr, cmn 基里爾
Czech: cs cyrilice f
Danish: da kyrillisk
Dutch: nl cyrillisch
Esperanto: eo cirila
Finnish: fi kyrillinen
French: fr cyrillique
Galician: gl cirílico m
German: de kyrillisch
Greek: el κυριλλικός
Hebrew: he קירילית
Hungarian: hu cirill
Icelandic: is kyrillískur
Interlingua: ia cyrillic
Irish: ga Coireallach
Italian: it cirillico
Japanese: ja キリル kiriru
Korean: ko 키릴
Ladino: lad sirilik
Lithuanian: lt kirilica f
Macedonian: mk кири́личен, mk ки́рилски
Manx: gv Kyrillagh
Mongolian: mn кирилл
Mongolian script: mn ᠻᠢᠷᠢᠯ
Norwegian: no kyrillisk
Polish: pl cyrylicki
Portuguese: pt cirílico
Romanian: ro chirilic
Russian: ru кирилли́ческий, ru а́збучный
Sami:
Northern Sami: se kyrillalaš
Serbo-Croatian: sh ćirìličkī, sh ćìrilskī
Slovak: sk cyrilika f
Spanish: es cirílico
Swedish: sv kyrillisk
Ukrainian: uk кирили́чний, uk а́збучний
Vietnamese: vi Kirin
Proper noun
The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.
en Cyrillic script
en Russian is typically written in Cyrillic.
en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided Kenneth C. Danforth 102-103 This is Yugoslavia: 24 million people of 24 ethnic groups and three major religions, writing in both the Latin alphabet and Cyrillic, divided into six republics—six bows drawn tight.
en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 Hidden behind a Cyrillic veil of mystery, it’s one of the harder languages to master, so much so that even many Russians speak it incorrectly. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness
Translations
a script or alphabet
Afrikaans: af cyrilliese alfabet
Arabic: ar كِيرِيلِيَّة f, ar سِرِيلِيَّة f, ar أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة ʔabjadiyya kīrīliyya, ar أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة ʔabjadiyya sirīliyya
Armenian: hy կիրիլիցա
Azerbaijani: az Kiril əlifbası
Basque: eu ziriliko
Belarusian: be кіры́ліца f, be а́збука f
Bulgarian: bg ки́рилица f, bg ки́рилска а́збука f
Carpathian Rusyn: rue кірі́ліця f, rue а́збука f
Catalan: ca ciríl·lic
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西里爾字母, cmn 西里尔字母 xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ, cmn 西里爾 xīlǐ'ěr, cmn 基里爾字母 jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ
Czech: cs cyrilice f
Dutch: nl cyrillisch
Dzongkha: dz ཆི་རི་ལི་ཚ
Estonian: et kirillitsa
Finnish: fi kyrillinen kirjaimisto
French: fr cyrillique m
Galician: gl cirílico m
Georgian: ka კირილიცა
German: de Kyrillisch n
Greek: el κυριλλιακόν n, el κυριλλικό αλφάβητο n
Hebrew: he קירילית f kirilít
Hindi: hi सिरिलिक
Hungarian: hu cirill, hu cirill ábécé
Icelandic: is kyrillískur
Indonesian: id Kiril, id Sirilik
Interlingua: ia cyrillico
Irish: ga aibítir Choireallach f
Italian: it cirillico m
Japanese: ja キリル文字 キリルもじ, kiriru moji, ja キリル kiriru
Kazakh: kk кириллица
Korean: ko 키릴 문자, ko 키릴
Kyrgyz: ky кириллица
Latvian: lv kirilica f
Lithuanian: lt kirilica f
Macedonian: mk кири́лица f, mk а́збука f
Manx: gv Kyrillagh m
Māori: mi hiririki
Mongolian: mn кирил үсэг, mn кирил, mn кирилл
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu кѵрїлловица f
Persian: fa سیریلیک sirilik, fa الفبای سیریلیک alefbâ-ye sirilik
Polish: pl cyrylica f
Portuguese: pt cirílico m
Romanian: ro alfabet chirilic n
Russian: ru кири́ллица f, ru а́збука f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ћирѝлица f, sh азбука f
Latin: sh ćirìlica f, sh azbuka f
Slovak: sk cyrilika f
Slovene: sl cirilica f
Spanish: es cirílico m
Swedish: sv kyrilliska c
Tajik: tg кирилликӣ, tg алифбои кирилликӣ
Tatar: tt кириллица
Thai: th อักษรซีริลลิก àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk, th ซีริลลิก
Turkish: tr Kiril, tr Kiril alfabesi
Ukrainian: uk кири́лиця f, uk а́збука f
Uyghur:
Arabic: ug كىرىللىتسا
Cyrillic: ug кириллица
Uzbek: uz kirillitsa
Vietnamese: vi chữ Kirin
See also
Appendix:Cyrillic script
Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet
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