Boris
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔɹɪs/
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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
male given name
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Further reading
Anagrams
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | Борис | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | بوریس | |
Proper noun
Boris
- 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
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Boris m anim (related adjective Borisův)
- a male given name
Declension
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
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
Proper noun
Boris
- a diminutive of the female given name Borbála
- 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
- a male given name
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bȏris m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Boris
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Russian Бори́с (Borís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Boris m anim (genitive singular Borisa, nominative plural Borisovia)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Boris
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