rusalka
noun
rusalka is a noun meaning “A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-S-A-L-K-A and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rusalka is rusalkas or rusalky.
What does rusalka mean?
noun
- 1
A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rusalka?
Rusalka has 3 syllables (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 rusalka
- rusalkas plural
- rusalky plural
- rusalki plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rusalka?
Rusalka appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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).
Rusalka in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | roussalka |
| German | Rusalka, Russalka |
| Portuguese | rusalka |
| Spanish | rusalka |
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 rusalka come from?
From Russian руса́лка (rusálka, “mermaid, siren”). Doublet of rosalia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).