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Meaning of Boris | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbɒɹɪs

Definitions

  1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.
  2. A person of Russian descent.

Equivalents

العربية بوريس
Беларуская Барыс
Čeština Boris
Español Boris
Français boris
Italiano Boris
日本語 ポリス
Latviešu Boriss
Polski Borys
Português Bóris
Русский Борис
Slovenčina Boris
Українська Борис

Examples

“Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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