Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "president" in Russian

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президент

Meaning: president, director

Pronunciation: [pryeh-zee-DYEHNT]

Part of speech: noun

Rank: #731 (see frequency list)

President Dmitry Medvedev. April 29, 2008
Photo by the Presidential Press and Information Office

Example sentences:

Дмитрий Медведев -- третий президент Российской Федерации.
Dmitry Medvedev is the third president of the Russian Federation.
Сергей Брин является одним из основателей и президентом по технологиям в компании "Гугл".
Sergey Brin is the co-founder and the president of technology at Google.
Встреча президентов России и США прошла в июле 2009 года.
The meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States took place in July 2009.
В текстах официальных государственных документов слово "президент" пишется с прописной буквы.
The word "president" is capitalized in the texts of official government documents.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	президе́нт	президе́нты
Genitive	президе́нта	президе́нтов
Dative	президе́нту	президе́нтам
Accusative	президе́нта	президе́нтов
Instrumental	президе́нтом	президе́нтами
Prepositional	президе́нте	президе́нтах

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