Russian Drinks Vocabulary.
Here are the top 20 Russian drinks with the word in English and Russian. It includes everything from water and tea down to hard liquor like vodka, cognac and whisky. The third column shows the Russian and the English version/pronunciation.
1 | Drink/Beverage | напиток – napitok |
2 | Water | вода – voda |
3 | Tea | чай – chai |
4 | Juice | сок – sok |
5 | Coffee | кофе – kofe |
6 | (Hot) Cocoa | какао – kakao |
7 | Soda/Cola | кола – kola |
8 | Milk | молоко – moloko |
9 | Lemonade | лимонад – limonad |
10 | Liquor | ликер – likyor |
11 | Wine | вино – vino |
12 | Beer | пиво – pivo |
13 | Vodka | водка – vodka |
14 | Champagne | шампанское – shampanskoye |
15 | Tequila | текила – tekila |
16 | Rum | ром – rom |
17 | Whisky | виски – viski |
18 | Cognac | коньяк – konyak |
19 | Martini | мартини – martini |
20 | Brandy | бренди – brendi |
Russian Fruit Vocabulary.
Here’s the top Russian fruit vocabulary. These are the top most common fruits eaten in Russia. This isn’t a exhaustive list since even today I was introduced to a fruit I’ve never eaten before, the Cornelian Cherry. It also doesn’t cover all the wonderful berries we have here.
1. Fruit | Фрукты – Frukti |
2. Apple | яблоко – yabloko |
3. Pear | груша – groosha |
4. Orange | aпельсин – apelsin |
5. Grapes | виноград – vinograd |
6. Banana | банан – banan |
7. Peach | персик – persik |
8. Plum | слива – sliva |
9. Strawberry | клубника – klubnika |
10. Watermelon | арбуз – arbooz |
11. Melon | дыня – dinya |
12. Cherry | вишня – vishnya |
13. Lemon | лимон – limon |
14. Apricot | абрикос – abrikos |
15. Pineapple | ананас – ananas |
16. Kiwi | киви – kivi |
17. Raspberry | малина – malina |
18. Blueberry | черника – chernika |
19. Grapefruit | грейпфрут – greypfroot |
20. Coconut | кокос – kokos |
21. Pomegranate | гранат – granat |
Russian Vegetables Vocabulary.
The following are the most common vegetables in Russian? Most stores here carry these plus a few others, what’s even more fun is going to the local open market and picking these same vegetables from vendors who might be local grandmothers who pick them fresh and bring them to the marketplace to sell.
42. Vegetables | овощи – ovoshi | |
43. Cucumber | огурец – ogurets | |
44. Tomato | помидор – pomidor | |
45. Potato | картофель – kartofel’ | картошка – kartoshka |
46. Eggplant | баклажан – bahklazhan | |
47. Cabbage | капуста – kapoosta | |
48. Cauliflower | цветная капуста – tsvetnaya kapoosta | |
49. Broccoli | брокколи – brokkoli | |
50. Pumpkin | тыква – tikva | |
51. Carrot | морковь – markov’ | |
52. Onion | лук – luk | |
53. Bean | фасоль – fasol’ | |
54. Pepper | перец – perets | |
55. Celery | сельдерей – sel’derey | |
56. Lettuce | cалат – salat | |
57. Mushroom | гриб – grib | |
58. Pea | горох – goroh | |
59. Avocado | авокадо – avokado | |
60. Corn | кукуруза – kookoorooza | |
61. Garlic | чеснок – chesnok | |
62. Asparagus | спаржа – sparzha |
Russian Meat, Eggs, Seafood Vocabulary.
These are grouped together. Meat. Eggs. Seafood. This should cover the majority of the most often used words when it comes to these foods.
63. Meat | мясо – myaso |
64. Chicken | курица – kuritsa |
65. Turkey | индейка – eendeyka |
66. Pork | свинина – svinina |
67. Lamb | ягненок – yagnenok |
68. Beef | говядина – govyadina |
69. Ham | ветчина – vetcina |
70. Bacon | бекон – bekon |
71. Burger | Бургер – burger (patty) |
72. Sausage | сосиска – sosiska |
73. Eggs | яйца – yaitsa |
74. Seafood | морепродукты – moreproduckti |
75. Crab | краб – krahb |
76. Lobster | омар – omahr |
77. Shrimp | креветка – krevetka |
78. Sushi | суши – sooshi |
79. Salmon | лосось – losos’ |
80. Tuna | тунец – toonets |
Russian Grains, Dishes, Etc Vocabulary
This will include things like bread, rice, pizza, and other food words – like soup – you’d normally use. This is the last group.
81. Soup | суп – soop |
82. Bread | хлеб – hleb |
83. Rice | рис – ris |
84. Oatmeal | овсянка – ovsyanka |
85. Pancake | блин – blin |
86. Pie | пирог – pirog |
87. Cake | торт – tort |
88. Muffin | булочка – boolochka |
89. Cookies | печенье – pecheniye |
90. Cereal | зерновой – zernovoy |
91. Yogurt | йогурт – yogoort |
92. Sandwich | бутерброд – booterbrod |
93. Hamburger | гамбургер – gahmboorger |
94. Salad | салат – salat |
95. Cheese | сыр – sir |
96. Butter | масло – maslo |
97. Pizza | пицца – pittsa |
98. Candy | конфеты – konfeti |
99. Ice Cream | мороженое – morozhenoye |
Am I missing any? Want more?
Great post, Steve!
I’m shopping my book around….
🙂 Deena
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Life in Russia wrote:
> archecotech posted: ” Russian Drinks Vocabulary. Here are the top 20 > Russian drinks with the word in English and Russian. It includes everything > from water and tea down to hard liquor like vodka, cognac and whisky. The > third column shows the Russian and the English version/” >
I’d love to read it if possible, thanks.
Great post, Steve, always like to learn more Russian.
Leslie
That is so true, especially all the food words from my childhood – blin, piroj, smetana, chai *sighs happily*.
Smetana, milk of the gods.
Very interesting that many of the words do somewhat sound similar to other european languages. Like potatoes is pretty much identical to German, wine to Italian. And of course avocado and coffee are pretty much the same in every language. I had misunderstood that Russian is really different to other european languages! I have a neighbor who comes from a Russian family but only speaks a few phrases. One of them he taught me is ‘chai and peshki’ (this is all phonetic for me) which he says is ‘tea and pastries’. Is he just mis-prounouncing/I’m mis-hearing ‘pecheniye’ or is pastries a different word?
I love** the phonetic pronunciation of grapefruit – greypfroot! LOL!
And you’re missing toast and jelly.
Toast is тост. Jelly is желе. They both sound somewhat similar as well.
good stuff!
Thanks Andy.
very informative… thanks for such a great post.
Thanks