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propiska

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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Pronunciation

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  • /pɹəˈpɪskə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

a system of population control in the ex-USSR, (regional) residence permit, registration

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the stamp in the Soviet internal passport (serving as a personal ID) with the registered address.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

domicile, place where one lives (as stated in the stamp)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пропи́ска (propíska), from пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ, “write into”).

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գրանցում (grancʻum) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Belarusian: прапі́ска (prapíska) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Chinese Mandarin: 居民許可證 /居民许可证 (jūmín xǔkě zhèng) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Czech: registrace — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Czech: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Finnish: oleskelulupa — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • French: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • French: enregistrement — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Georgian: გაწერა (gac̣era) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • German: Propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • German: Anmeldung — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Hungarian: propiszka — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Japanese: プロピスカ (puropisuka) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Kazakh: тіркелу (tırkelu) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Korean: 프로피스카 (peuropiseuka) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Kyrgyz: прописка (propiska) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Kyrgyz: катталгы (kattalgı) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Kyrgyz: катталым (kattalım) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Polish: zameldowanie — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Polish: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Portuguese: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Russian: пропи́ска (propíska) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Spanish: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Tajik: қайд (qayd) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Ukrainian: пропи́ска (propýska) — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Uzbek: propiska — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Vietnamese: đăng ký — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Vietnamese: đăng ký cư trú — system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR
  • Belarusian: прапі́ска (prapíska) — stamp
  • Russian: пропи́ска (propíska) — stamp
  • Ukrainian: пропи́ска (propýska) — stamp
  • Vietnamese: dấu đăng kí — stamp
  • Belarusian: прапі́ска (prapíska) — domicile
  • Finnish: asuinpaikka — domicile
  • Russian: пропи́ска (propíska) — domicile
  • Ukrainian: пропи́ска (propýska) — domicile
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