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Russian Technology Vocabulary — Words for the Digital World

Technology vocabulary is the friendliest place to start Russian, because so much of it arrived from English and barely changed on the way. This page collects essential Russian words for devices and the internet, from телефон (phone) and компьютер (computer) to интернет (internet) and экран (screen), each with its English meaning, its pronunciation and a button to hear it spoken in a native voice. A note for English speakers: the first hurdle is the Cyrillic alphabet, but it's smaller than it looks — 33 letters, several already matching sounds you know, plus a few 'false friends' (Cyrillic р is an 'r', с is an 's') that stop tripping you up quickly. Once you can sound out the letters, words like компьютер almost read themselves. Watch the stress: Russian doesn't mark it, and putting it on the wrong syllable is the giveaway of a beginner — another reason to learn each word by ear. Russian nouns also shift their endings by case, but to build a vocabulary you only need the base form first. Tap any 🔊 to listen, skim the table, then take these into Linguver, where the English word drops and you shoot its Russian translation from the drum.

Key words explained

• phone телефон🔊 She left her phone charging on the desk.
• computer компьютер🔊 The old computer takes a minute to wake up.
• internet интернет🔊 The internet dropped out in the middle of the call.
• screen экран🔊 He wiped the dust off the screen with his sleeve.
• camera камера🔊 I packed a small camera for the hiking trip.
• battery батарея🔊 My battery died right before the meeting started.
• password пароль🔊 Choose a password that is hard to guess.
• message сообщение🔊 She sent a quick message to say she would be late.

All 90 Russian tech words

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