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English
Etymology
From the name Cyril + -ic , from Medieval Latin Cȳrillus , from Ancient Greek Κῡ́ρῐλλος ( Kū́rillos ) , 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) (file )
Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic
Adjective
Cyrillic (not comparable )
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.
Translations
of or pertaining to Cyrillic
Proper noun
Cyrillic
The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system .
Synonyms
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 ( kirilicʿa )
Azerbaijani: Kiril əlifbası
Basque: ziriliko
Belarusian: кіры́ліца f ( kirýlica ) , а́збука f ( ázbuka )
Bulgarian: кири́лица (bg) f ( kirílica ) , а́збука (bg) f ( ázbuka )
Carpathian Rusyn: кірі́ліця f ( kirílicja ) , а́збука f ( ázbuka )
Catalan: ciríl·lic
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西里爾字母 / 西里尔字母 (zh) ( Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ ) , 西里尔 字母 ( xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ ) , 西里爾 / 西里尔 (zh) ( xīlǐ'ěr ) , 基里爾 字母 / 基里尔 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)
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) ( kirillikī ) , алифбои кирилликӣ ( alifboyi kirillikī )
Tatar: кириллица ( kirillitsa )
Thai: อักษร ซีริลลิก ( 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
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