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kolkhoz

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /kəlˈkɒz/
  • /kɒl-/
  • /kɔːl-/
  • /kol-/
  • /-kɔz/
  • /-kɒs/
  • /-kɔs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A farming collective in the former Soviet Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a collective farm owned by the communist state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collective farm

History

Etymology

From Russian колхо́з (kolxóz), contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُولْخُوز (kūlḵūz) — farming collective
  • Armenian: կոլխոզ (kolxoz) — farming collective
  • Armenian: կոլտնտեսություն (koltntesutʻyun) — farming collective
  • Azerbaijani: kolxoz — farming collective
  • Bashkir: колхоз (kolxoz) — farming collective
  • Belarusian: калга́с (kalhás) — farming collective
  • Bulgarian: колхо́з (kolhóz) — farming collective
  • Catalan: kolkhoz — farming collective
  • Chinese: колхоз (kolhoz) — farming collective
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集體農莊 /集体农庄 (jítǐ nóngzhuāng) — farming collective
  • Chuvash: колхоз (kolh̬oz) — farming collective
  • Crimean Tatar: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Czech: kolchoz — farming collective
  • Danish: kolkhoz — farming collective
  • Dutch: kolchoz — farming collective
  • Esperanto: kolĥozo — farming collective
  • Estonian: kolhoos — farming collective
  • Finnish: kolhoosi — farming collective
  • French: kolkhoze — farming collective
  • Georgian: კოლმეურნეობა (ḳolmeurneoba) — farming collective
  • German: Kolchose — farming collective
  • German: Kolchos — farming collective
  • Greek: κολχόζ (kolchóz) — farming collective
  • Hebrew: קוֹלְחוֹז (kolkhoz) — farming collective
  • Hindi: कोलख़ोज़ (kolxoz) — farming collective
  • Hungarian: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Irish: calchas — farming collective
  • Italian: kolchoz — farming collective
  • Japanese: コルホーズ (koruhōzu) — farming collective
  • Kazakh: ұжымшар (ūjymşar) — farming collective
  • Korean: 콜호스 (kolhoseu) — farming collective
  • Korean: 콜호즈 (kolhojeu) — farming collective
  • Kyrgyz: колхоз (kolhoz) — farming collective
  • Latvian: kolhozs — farming collective
  • Lithuanian: kolūkis — farming collective
  • Macedonian: колхоз (kolhoz) — farming collective
  • Marathi: कोलखोझ (kolkhojh) — farming collective
  • Norwegian: kolkos — farming collective
  • Ossetian: колхоз (kolxoz) — farming collective
  • Persian: کلخوز (kolxôz) — farming collective
  • Polish: kołchoz — farming collective
  • Portuguese: kolkhoz — farming collective
  • Romanian: colhoz — farming collective
  • Russian: колхо́з (kolxóz) — farming collective
  • Skolt-Sami: kolhoss — farming collective
  • Serbo-Croatian: колхоз — farming collective
  • Serbo-Croatian: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Slovak: kolchoz — farming collective
  • Slovene: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Spanish: koljós — farming collective
  • Swedish: kolchos — farming collective
  • Tajik: колхоз (kolxoz) — farming collective
  • Tatar: колхоз (qolxoz) — farming collective
  • Turkish: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Turkmen: kolhoz — farming collective
  • Ukrainian: колго́сп (kolhósp) — farming collective
  • Uzbek: kolxoz — farming collective
  • Vietnamese: nông trường tập thể — farming collective
  • Yakut: колхуос (kolquos) — farming collective
  • Yakut: холкуос (qolkuos) — farming collective
  • Yiddish: קאָלכאָז (kolkhoz) — farming collective
  • Yiddish: קאָלווירט (kolvirt) — farming collective