99 Russian Words: Food, Drinks, Fruit, Vegetables
Need Russian food vocabulary? Here’s the top 99 list. It includes drinks, vegetables, fruit, meat and much more. Also get the FREE PDF worksheet in the Russian PDF’s worksheet section for this big word list!
Russian Drinks Vocabulary.
Here are the top 20 Russian drink words. Yes this includes everything from water and tea down to hard liquor like vodka, cognac and whisky. The third column includes 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.
Now let’s move onto Russian fruit vocabulary. Here are the most common fruits. Of course, if you feel like this list is missing something, leave a comment!
21. Fruit | Фрукты – Frukti |
22. Apple | яблоко – yabloko |
23. Pear | груша – groosha |
24. Orange | aпельсин – apelsin |
25. Grapes | виноград – vinograd |
26. Banana | банан – banan |
27. Peach | персик – persik |
28. Plum | слива – sliva |
29. Strawberry | клубника – klubnika |
30. Watermelon | арбуз – arbooz |
31. Melon | дыня – dinya |
32. Cherry | вишня – vishnya |
33. Lemon | лимон – limon |
34. Apricot | абрикос – abrikos |
35. Pineapple | ананас – ananas |
36. Kiwi | киви – kivi |
37. Raspberry | малина – malina |
38. Blueberry | черника – chernika |
39. Grapefruit | грейпфрут – greypfroot |
40. Coconut | кокос – kokos |
41. Pomegranate | гранат – granat |
Russian Vegetable Vocabulary.
What are the most common vegetables called in Russian? Just check the list below!
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 |
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– The Main Junkie
As far as Chocolate ( Cadburry) is missing…
knowing where the stress is in a russian word is important. please add the accents to facilitate correct pronunciation. thanks.
Salt pepper sugar olive oil cream ketchup mustard items like that.
Thank you
I know this is very American, but how would I say Cranberry? specifically cranberry juice?
Also, what are the words for fish, cottage cheese, sweet potato, spinach, zuchini, Jello/gelatin, and beats?
Really nice, thank you. More please.
Thank you !!! Very helpful 🙂