Russ
adjective, noun
Russ is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to the Russians” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-S-S and has one syllable, and it appears 4.4 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Russ mean?
adjective
- 1
datedOf or relating to the Russians.
noun
- 1
datedrareA Russian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Russ?
Russ has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Russ
- more Russ comparative
- most Russ superlative
- Russes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Russ?
Russ appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Russ come from?
From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).