Boris

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒɹɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɹɪs/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹɪs/ Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs === Proper noun === Boris (plural Borises) A male given name from the Slavic languages. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022) 2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all. (slang) A person of Russian descent. Synonym: Ivan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Boris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Biros, biros == Azerbaijani == === Proper noun === Boris (definite accusative Borisi, plural Borislər) a transliteration of the Russian male given name Бори́с (Borís) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈborɪs] === Proper noun === Boris m anim (relational adjective Borisův) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === From Russian Бори́с (Borís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔʁɪs/, /ˈboːʁɪs/ === Proper noun === Boris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Boris' or (with an article) Boris) a male given name Boris Becker ― famous tennis player == Hungarian == === Etymology === Clipping and -is diminutive of Borbála. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈboriʃ] Hyphenation: Bo‧ris Rhymes: -iʃ === Proper noun === Boris a diminutive of the female given name Borbála a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Boriska == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Russian Бори́с (Borís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ris/ Rhymes: -ɔris Hyphenation: Bò‧ris === Proper noun === Boris m a male given name === Anagrams === Borsi, sobri, sorbì == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bôːris/ Hyphenation: Bo‧ris === Proper noun === Bȏris m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Russian Бори́с (Borís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔris/ === Proper noun === Boris m pers a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Boro Borisko === Further reading === “Boris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026