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Pravda

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpɹɑːvdə/
  • CMU ARPABET: P R AE1 V D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and successor papers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Pravda.ru, a privately owned Russian news website established in 1999.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A newspaper or other media channel seen as untrustworthy and biased towards its owners or the establishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Правда (Pravda, literally “The Truth”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: Пра́вда (Právda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Belarusian: Правда (Pravda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Bulgarian: Пра́вда (Právda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Chechen: Бакъдерг (Baqʼderg) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Chinese Mandarin: 真理報 /真理报 (Zhēnlǐbào) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • French: Pravda — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Kazakh: Правда (Pravda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Korean: 프라우다 (peurauda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Portuguese: Pravda — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Russian: Правда (Pravda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Tatar: Правда (Pravda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
  • Ukrainian: Правда (Pravda) — official newspaper of the Soviet Union
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