Boris

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See also: boris, Bóris, boříš, bōris, and boŗīs

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boris (plural Borises)

  1. 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.
  2. (slang) A person of Russian descent.
    Synonym: Ivan

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Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Борис
Abjad بوریس

Proper noun

Boris

  1. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Бори́с (Borís).
    • 2004, Diplomatiya aləmi., number 6, Baku: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyinin Jurnalın, page 47:
      Azərbaycan Prezidenti İlham Əliyev ilə Rusiya Dövlət Dumasının sədri Boris Qrızlov arasında keçirilən görüşdə Azərbaycan-Rusiya əlaqələrinin genişləndirilməsi barədə, əməkdaşlığın möhkəmləndirilməsində hər iki ölkənin qanunverici orqanlarının rolu haqqında geniş fikir mübadiləsi aparıldı.
      During the meeting between President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov, the sides exchanged views on expanding Azerbaijani-Russian relations and the role of the legislatures of the two countries in strengthening cooperation.

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boris m anim (related adjective Borisův)

  1. a male given name

Declension

German

Etymology

From Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔʁɪs/, /ˈboːʁɪs/
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Proper noun

Boris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Boris' or (with an article) Boris)

  1. a male given name
    Boris Beckerfamous tennis player

Hungarian

 Boris on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Clipping and -is diminutive of Borbála.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boris

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Borbála
  2. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Boris Borisok
accusative Borist Borisokat
dative Borisnak Borisoknak
instrumental Borissal Borisokkal
causal-final Borisért Borisokért
translative Borissá Borisokká
terminative Borisig Borisokig
essive-formal Borisként Borisokként
essive-modal
inessive Borisban Borisokban
superessive Borison Borisokon
adessive Borisnál Borisoknál
illative Borisba Borisokba
sublative Borisra Borisokra
allative Borishoz Borisokhoz
elative Borisból Borisokból
delative Borisról Borisokról
ablative Boristól Borisoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Borisé Borisoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Boriséi Borisokéi
Possessive forms of Boris
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Borisom Borisaim
2nd person sing. Borisod Borisaid
3rd person sing. Borisa Borisai
1st person plural Borisunk Borisaink
2nd person plural Borisotok Borisaitok
3rd person plural Borisuk Borisaik

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boris m

  1. a male given name

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːris/
  • Hyphenation: Bo‧ris

Proper noun

Bȏris m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boris m pers (genitive singular Borisa, nominative plural Borisovia)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Derived terms

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, 2024