Russophile
/ˈɹʌsə(ʊ̯)faɪ̯l/noun
Russophile is a noun meaning “A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-S-S-O-P-H-I-L-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Russophile is Russophiles.
What does Russophile mean?
noun
- 1
A person who loves the country, culture or people of Russia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Russophile?
- /ˈɹʊsɛʊ̯fɐɪ̯l/
- /ɹʊsɛʊ̯ˈfɐɪ̯l/
- UK /ˈɹʌsə(ʊ̯)faɪ̯l/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Russophile.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Russophile
- Russophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Russophile?
Russophile appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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).
Russophile in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who loves the culture of Russia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | russophile |
| Spanish | rusófilo |
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 Russophile come from?
From Russo- + -phile.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).