Russian Numbers Vocabulary

Here are Russian words for numbers to start with: восемь (vosem, eight), пять (pyat, five), четыре (chetyre, four), девять (devyat, nine). Below are 32 words (A1–B1) with their English translations, part of speech and a romanization to help you say them, across 4 themed lists.

Close-up of calculator keys showing the numbers 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9
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Numbers Basics

A1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
eightвосемьvosemnumA1
fiveпятьpyatnumA1
fourчетыреchetyrenumA1
nineдевятьdevyatnumA1
oneодинodinnumA1
sevenсемьsemnumA1
sixшестьshestnumA1
tenдесятьdesyatnumA1

The rest of this pack is in the app

Numbers Intermediate

A1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
eighteenвосемнадцатьvosemnadtsatnumA1
eightyвосемьдесятvosemdesyatnumA1
elevenодиннадцатьodinnadtsatnumA1
fifteenпятнадцатьpyatnadtsatnumA1
fiftyпятьдесятpyatdesyatnumA1
fortyсорокsoroknumA1
fourteenчетырнадцатьchetyrnadtsatnumA1
nineteenдевятнадцатьdevyatnadtsatnumA1

Numbers Advanced

A1–B1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
firstпервыйpervyynumA1
fourthчетвёртыйchetvyortyynumA1
secondвторойvtoroynumA1
tenthдесятыйdesyatyynumA1
millionмиллионmillionnounA2
thirdтретийtretiynumA2
thousandтысячаtysyachanumA2
fifthпятыйpyatyynumB1

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Measurement & Units

A1–B1
EnglishRussianTypeLevel
yardярдyardnounA1
centimeterсантиметрsantimetrnounA2
gramграммgrammnounA2
kilogramкилограммkilogrammnounA2
kilometerкилометрkilometrnounA2
literлитрlitrnounA2
milliliterмиллилитрmillilitrnounA2
gallonгаллонgallonnounB1

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A sample of the A1–B1 words. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists show a sample of the A1–B1 words for numbers. The packs in Watch Your Language hold more and reach the advanced levels, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

Common questions

Which Russian words should I learn for numbers?

You could start with words like восемь (vosem, eight), пять (pyat, five), четыре (chetyre, four), девять (devyat, nine). This page lists 32 Russian words for numbers (A1–B1), each with its English translation and part of speech.

How can I remember these Russian words?

Reading a list once is rarely enough. Watch Your Language shows Russian words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and schedules repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often.

Are these word lists free?

Yes. The lists on this page are free to read, with no sign-up. The app holds more words for each topic.

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