borzoi
/ˈbɔɹ.zɔɪ/noun
borzoi is a noun meaning “A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled B-O-R-Z-O-I and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of borzoi is borzois.
What does borzoi mean?
noun
- 1
A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce borzoi?
- UK /ˈbɔː.zɔɪ/
- US /ˈbɔɹ.zɔɪ/
Borzoi has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-borzoi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of borzoi
- borzois plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is borzoi?
Borzoi appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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).
Borzoi in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense breed of dog:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | barzoï, lévrier russe |
| German | Barsoi, Russischer Jagdwindhund |
| Portuguese | borzói, borzoi |
| Spanish | borzoi, lebrel ruso para la caza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does borzoi come from?
Borrowed from Russian борзо́й (borzój), from бо́рзый (bórzyj, “swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (whence English brief, brace and merry).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).