Chuvash
/t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/adjective, noun
Chuvash is an adjective meaning “From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-U-V-A-S-H, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Chuvash mean?
adjective
- 1
From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia.
noun
- 1
Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Chuvash?
- /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
- /ˈt͡ʃuːvɑːʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-Chuvash_(penult).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Knabrupt-Chuvash_(ult).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Chuvash
- Chuvashes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Chuvash?
Chuvash appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th 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).
Chuvash in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tchouvache , Tchouvache |
| German | tschuwaschisch , Tschuwasche, Tschuwaschin |
| Portuguese | tchuvache, chuvache |
| Spanish | chuvasio |
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 Chuvash come from?
Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).