Cyrillic

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Etymology

From the name Cyril +‎ -ic, from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος (Kū́rĭllos), denoting Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to the Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet, and whose students later devised the Cyrillic script itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈɹɪl.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic

Adjective

Cyrillic (not comparable)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• Cyrillic numeral
• Cyrillic numerals

Translations

of or pertaining to Cyrillic

Arabic: سِرِيلِيّ (sirīliyy) Basque: ziriliko Belarusian: кірылі́чны (kirylíčny) Bulgarian: ки́рилски (kírilski) Catalan: ciríl·lic Chinese: Mandarin: 西里爾 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾 (Jīlǐ'ěr) Czech: cyrilice (cs) f Dutch: cyrillisch (nl) Esperanto: cirila Finnish: kyrillinen (fi) French: cyrillique (fr) Galician: cirílico m German: kyrillisch (de) Greek: κυριλλικός (el) (kyrillikós) Hebrew: קירילית Hungarian: cirill (hu) Icelandic: kyrillískur (is) Interlingua: cyrillic Irish: Coireallach Italian: cirillico (it) Japanese: キリル (kiriru) Korean: 키릴 (kiril) Ladino: sirilik Lithuanian: kirilica f Macedonian: кири́личен (kiríličen), ки́рилски (kírilski) Manx: Kyrillagh Mongolian: кирилл (kirill) Mongolian: ᠻᠢᠷᠢᠯ (kiril) Northern Sami: kyrillalaš Norwegian: kyrillisk Polish: cyrylicki (pl) Portuguese: cirílico (pt) Romanian: chirilic (ro) Russian: кирилли́ческий (ru) (kirillíčeskij), а́збучный (ru) (ázbučnyj) Serbo-Croatian: ćirìličkī, ćìrilskī Slovak: cyrilika f Spanish: cirílico (es) Swedish: kyrillisk (sv) Ukrainian: кирили́чний (kyrylýčnyj), а́збучний (uk) (ázbučnyj) Vietnamese: Kirin

Proper noun

Cyrillic

1. The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

   Synonym: Cyrillic script

   Russian is typically written in Cyrillic.

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎:

     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.

Translations

a script or alphabet

Afrikaans: cyrilliese alfabet Arabic: كِيرِيلِيَّة f (kīrīliyya), سِرِيلِيَّة f (sirīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya kīrīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة (ʔabjadiyya sirīliyya) Armenian: կիրիլիցա (kirilicʻa) Azerbaijani: Kiril əlifbası Basque: ziriliko Belarusian: кіры́ліца f (kirýlica), а́збука f (ázbuka) Bulgarian: ки́рилица (bg) f (kírilica), ки́рилска а́збука f (kírilska ázbuka) Carpathian Rusyn: кірі́ліця f (kirílicja), а́збука f (ázbuka) Catalan: ciríl·lic Chinese: Mandarin: 西里爾字母 (zh) (Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里尔字母 (xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), 西里爾 (zh) (xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾字母 (jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ) Czech: cyrilice (cs) f Dutch: cyrillisch (nl) Dzongkha: ཆི་རི་ལི་ཚ (chi ri li tsha) Estonian: kirillitsa (et) Finnish: kyrillinen kirjaimisto French: cyrillique (fr) m Galician: cirílico m Georgian: კირილიცა (ḳirilica) German: Kyrillisch n Greek: κυριλλιακόν n (kyrilliakón), κυριλλικό αλφάβητο n (kyrillikó alfávito) Hebrew: קירילית f (kirilít) Hindi: सिरिलिक (sirilik) Hungarian: cirill (hu), cirill ábécé (hu) Icelandic: kyrillískur (is) Indonesian: (please verify) Kiril, (please verify) Sirilik Interlingua: cyrillico Irish: aibítir Choireallach f Italian: cirillico (it) m Japanese: キリル文字 (キリルもじ, kiriru moji), キリル (kiriru) Kazakh: кириллица (kirillisa) Korean: 키릴 문자 (kiril munja), 키릴 (kiril) Kyrgyz: кириллица (kirillitsa) Latvian: kirilica f Lithuanian: kirilica f Macedonian: кири́лица f (kirílica), а́збука f (ázbuka) Manx: Kyrillagh m Maori: hiririki Mongolian: кирил үсэг (kiril üseg), кирил (kiril), кирилл (kirill) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: кѵрїлловица f (kürillovica) Persian: سیریلیک (sirilik), الفبای سیریلیک (alefbâ-ye sirilik) Polish: cyrylica (pl) f Portuguese: cirílico (pt) m Romanian: alfabet chirilic (ro) n Russian: кири́ллица (ru) f (kiríllica), а́збука (ru) f (ázbuka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ћирѝлица f, азбука f Roman: ćirìlica f, azbuka (sh) f Slovak: cyrilika f Slovene: cirilica (sl) f Spanish: cirílico (es) m Swedish: kyrilliska (sv) c Tajik: кирилликӣ (tg) (kirilliki), алифбои кирилликӣ (alifbo-yi kirilliki) Tatar: кириллица (kirillitsa) Thai: อักษรซีริลลิก (àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk), ซีริลลิก (sii-ril-lìk) Turkish: Kiril (tr), Kiril alfabesi (tr) Ukrainian: кири́лиця (uk) f (kyrýlycja), а́збука (uk) f (ázbuka) Uyghur: Arabic: كىرىللىتسا (kirillitsa) Cyrillic: кириллица Uzbek: kirillitsa Vietnamese: chữ Kirin

See also

• Appendix:Cyrillic script
• Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet