Definitions for faux cyrillic
faux cyril·lic

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1. faux Cyrillicadjective

   Of or pertaining to Faux Cyrillic.

2. faux Cyrillicnoun

   Usage of Cyrillic letters in place of visibly similar (though not necessarily phonetically similar) Roman letters in languages which use the Roman alphabet, to create a more 'Russian' feel for a text.

3. Etymology: From Cyrillic + faux, French for false.

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1. Faux Cyrillic

   Faux Cyrillic, pseudo-Cyrillic, pseudo-Russian or faux Russian typography is the use of Cyrillic letters in Latin text to evoke the Soviet Union or Russia, regardless of whether the letters are phonetic matches. For example, R and N in RUSSIAN may be replaced by Cyrillic Я and И, giving "ЯUSSIAИ". Other examples include Ш for W, Ц for U, Я/Г for R/r, Ф for O, Д for A, Б or Ь or Ъ for B/b, 3 or Э or Ё for E, ☭ for G, Ч or У for Y. This is a common Western trope used in book covers, film titles, comic book lettering, artwork for computer games, or product packaging which are set in or wish to evoke Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, or the Russian Federation. An early example was the logo for Norman Jewison's film The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and more recently the logo for Sacha Baron Cohen's film Borat. This effect is usually restricted to text set in all caps, because Cyrillic letter-forms do not match well with lower case Latin letters. In Cyrillic typography, most upright lower case letters resemble smaller upper case letters, unlike the more distinctive forms of Latin-alphabet type. Cursive Cyrillic upper and lower case letters are more differentiated. Cyrillic letter-forms are originally derived from 10th-century Greek manuscript, but the modern forms more closely resemble Latin since Peter the Great's civil script reform of 1708.

How to pronounce faux cyrillic?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say faux cyrillic in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of faux cyrillic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of faux cyrillic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faux_Cyrillic
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=faux cyrillic