"Boris" meaning in English

See Boris in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbɒɹɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɔɹɪs/ [General-American], /ˈbɑɹɪs/ [New-York-City, Philadelphia] Audio: En-au-Boris.ogg Forms: Borises [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|bg|Бори́с}} Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Boris (plural Borises)
  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, Individuals Translations (male given name): بُورِيس (burīs) [masculine] (Arabic), Բորիս (english: Boris) (Armenian), Бары́с (Barýs) [masculine] (Belarusian), 鮑里斯 (Bàolǐsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Boris (Czech), Boris (French), Borisz (Hungarian), ボリス (Borisu) (Japanese), Boriss [masculine] (Latvian), Borys [masculine] (Polish), Bóris [masculine] (Portuguese), Бори́с (Borís) (Russian), Бо̑рис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bȏris [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bååʹres (Skolt Sami), Boris (Slovak), Boris (Slovene), Boris [masculine] (Spanish), Борис (english: Boris) (Yakut), Барыыс (Barııs) (Yakut), בּאָריס (boris) (Yiddish)
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  2. (slang) A person of Russian descent. Tags: slang Synonyms: Ivan
    Sense id: en-Boris-en-name-xiMPewGF Categories (other): Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Boris bike, Boris bounce, Boris bus, Borisian, Borismania

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Борис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "Barııs",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Барыыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "boris",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "בּאָריס"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Boris"
}

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