Boris

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹɪs/

Proper noun

Boris

1. A male given name..
   • 2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio

     It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all.

2. (slang) person of Russian descent.

Anagrams

• Biros, biros

Proper noun

Boris m

1. A male given name.

Etymology

From Russian.

Proper noun

Boris m

1. A male given name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːris/
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ris

Proper noun

Bȏris m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис)

1. A male given name.

Etymology

From Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔris/

Proper noun

Boris m (genitive Borisa, nominative plural Borisovia)

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Boris in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk