soviet

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• UK: /ˈsəʊvi.ət/
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• UK: /ˈsɒv.jət/
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• US: /ˈsoʊvi.ət/
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• US: /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊvi.ət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒvi.ət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒv.jət/
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• Scotland: /ˈsovi.ət/
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Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét, “council”), from Old Russian borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ, “advice”). Compounded from съ- (sŭ-) + вѣтъ (větŭ, “agreement”), from Proto-Slavic *větъ (“council, talk”). Related words include наве́т (navét), изве́т (izvét), отве́т (otvét), приве́т (privét), обе́т (obét), ве́че (véče), отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ), отве́тить (otvétitʹ), завеща́ть (zaveščátʹ), and совещаться (soveščatʹsja). Probably cognate with Polish witać (“to welcome”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h1es-? Proto-Indo-European *h1su- Proto-Balto-Slavic *su- Proto-Slavic *sъ- Proto-Indo-European *weyt-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitas Proto-Slavic *větъ Proto-Slavic *sъvětъ Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)bor. Russian сове́т (sovét)bor. English Soviet Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét).

225 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Farefare: soviet — pertaining to a soviet
• Finnish: neuvosto- — pertaining to a soviet
• Icelandic: sovéskur — pertaining to a soviet
• Icelandic: sovésk — pertaining to a soviet
• Icelandic: sovéskt — pertaining to a soviet
• Ingrian: sovetskoi — pertaining to a soviet
• Italian: sovietico — pertaining to a soviet
• Italian: sovietica — pertaining to a soviet
• Portuguese: soviético — pertaining to a soviet
• Russian: сове́тский (sovétskij) — pertaining to a soviet
• Albanian: sovjetik — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Arabic: سُوفْيِتِيّ (sovyetiyy) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Arabic: سُوفْيِيتِيّ (sovyētiyy) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Arabic: سُوفْيَاتِيّ (suvyātiyy) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Arabic: سُوفْيَاتِيّ (sufyātiyy) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Armenian: սովետական (sovetakan) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Azerbaijani: sovet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Bashkir: совет (sovet) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Belarusian: саве́цкі (savjécki) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Bengali: সোভিয়েত (śōbhiẏet) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Bulgarian: съве́тски (sǎvétski) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Burmese: ဆိုဗီယက် (hcuibiyak) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Catalan: soviètic — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘇維埃 /苏维埃 (Sūwéi'āi) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘇聯的 /苏联的 (Sū-lián-de) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Czech: sovětský — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Danish: sovjetisk — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Dutch: Sovjet- — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Dutch: Sovjetisch — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Esperanto: soveta — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Esperanto: sovetia — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Estonian: nõukogude — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Farefare: soviet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Finnish: neuvostoliittolainen — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Finnish: Neuvostoliiton — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• French: soviétique — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Galician: soviético — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Georgian: საბჭოთა (sabč̣ota) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• German: sowjetisch — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• German: Sowjet- — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Greek: σοβιετικός (sovietikós) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Hebrew: סובייטי (sovyetí) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Hindi: सोवियत (soviyat) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Hungarian: szovjet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Ingrian: sovetskoi — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Italian: sovietico — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Japanese: ソ連の (Soren no) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Japanese: ソビエトの (Sobieto no) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Japanese: ソヴェトの (Soveto no) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kazakh: кеңестік (keñestık) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kazakh: кеңес (keñes) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kazakh: советтік (sovettık) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kazakh: совет (sovet) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Khmer: សូវៀត (souviət) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Korean: 소비에트의 (Sobieteu-ui) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kyrgyz: советтик (sovettik) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Kyrgyz: совет (sovet) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Lao: ໂຊວຽດ (sō wīat) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Latin: sovieticus — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Latvian: padomju- — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Macedonian: со́ветски (sóvetski) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Maltese: Sovjetiku — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Manx: Soveidjagh — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Mongolian: зөвлөлт (zövlölt) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Pashto: شوروي (šorawí) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Dari: شورَوِی (šōrawī) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Iranian Persian: شُورَوی (šowravi) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Polish: radziecki — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Polish: sowiecki — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Portuguese: soviético — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Romanian: sovietic — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Russian: сове́тский (sovétskij) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Serbo-Croatian: со̀вјетскӣ — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Serbo-Croatian: sòvjetskī — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Slovak: sovietsky — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Slovene: sovjetski — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Spanish: soviético — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Swahili: Kisovyeti — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Swedish: sovjetisk — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Tagalog: Sobyet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Tajik: шӯравӣ (šüravi) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Tajik: советӣ (soveti) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Thai: โซเวียต (soo-wîiat) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Turkish: sovyet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Turkmen: sowet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Ukrainian: радя́нський (radjánsʹkyj) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Ukrainian: совє́тський (sovjétsʹkyj) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Urdu: سووِیَت (soviyat) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Uyghur: سوۋېت (sowët) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Uzbek: sovet — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Vietnamese: xô viết — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Vietnamese: Xô viết — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Vietnamese: xô-viết — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Yiddish: סאָוועטיש (sovetish) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Yiddish: סאָוועטן (sovetn) — pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics
• Bulgarian: съве́тски (sǎvétski) — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Finnish: neuvosto- — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Finnish: neuvostohenkinen — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Finnish: neuvostomielinen — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Finnish: neuvostolainen — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Portuguese: soviético — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Russian: сове́тский (sovétskij) — supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism
• Albanian: sovjet — council
• Arabic: سوفييت (sōvyēt) — council
• Arabic: سُوفْيَات (sufyāt) — council
• Arabic: سُوفْيَات (sovyēt) — council
• Arabic: سُوفْيِت (sovyet) — council
• Armenian: խորհուրդ (xorhurd) — council
• Armenian: սովետ (sovet) — council
• Azerbaijani: sovet — council
• Belarusian: саве́т (savjét) — council
• Belarusian: ра́да (ráda) — council
• Bengali: সোভিয়েত (śōbhiẏet) — council
• Breton: sovied — council
• Bulgarian: съве́т (sǎvét) — council
• Burmese: ဆိုဗီယက် (hcuibiyak) — council
• Chinese Cantonese: 蘇維埃 /苏维埃 (sou1 wai4 aai1) — council
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘇維埃 /苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi) — council
• Czech: sovět — council
• Danish: sovjet — council
• Dutch: sovjet — council
• Esperanto: soveto — council
• Estonian: nõukogu — council
• Farefare: soviet — council
• Finnish: neuvosto — council
• French: soviet — council
• Galician: soviet — council
• Georgian: საბჭო (sabč̣o) — council
• Georgian: საბჭოთა (sabč̣ota) — council
• German: Sowjet — council
• Greek: σοβιέτ (soviét) — council
• Hebrew: סוֹבְיֵיט — council
• Hindi: सोवियत (soviyat) — council
• Hungarian: szovjet — council
• Hungarian: tanács — council
• Hungarian: munkástanács — council
• Icelandic: sovét — council
• Icelandic: ráð — council
• Irish: sóivéid — council
• Italian: soviet — council
• Japanese: ソビエト (sobieto) — council
• Japanese: ソヴェト (soveto) — council
• Japanese: ソヴィエト — council
• Kazakh: кеңес (keñes) — council
• Kazakh: совет (sovet) — council
• Khmer: សូវៀត (souviət) — council
• Korean: 소비에트 (sobieteu) — council
• Korean: 쏘비에트 (ssobieteu) — council
• Central Kurdish: سۆڤیێت (sovyêt) — council
• Northern Kurdish: sovyet — council
• Kyrgyz: совет (sovet) — council
• Lao: ໂຊວຽດ (st) — council
• Latin: sovieti — council
• Latvian: padome — council
• Lithuanian: taryba — council
• Lithuanian: sovietas — council
• Macedonian: со́вет (sóvet) — council
• Malay: soviet — council
• Mongolian: зөвлөл (zövlöl) — council
• Mongolian: ᠵᠥᠪᠯᠡᠯ (ǰöblel) — council
• Norwegian Bokmål: sovjet — council
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sovjet — council
• Pashto: سوويت — council
• Pashto: شورا (šorã) — council
• Persian: سویت (soviet) — council
• Persian: شورا (šurâ, šowrâ) — council
• Polish: rada — council
• Portuguese: soviete — council
• Romanian: soviet — council
• Russian: сове́т (sovét) — council
• Serbo-Croatian: са́вјет — council
• Serbo-Croatian: са́вет — council
• Serbo-Croatian: sávjet — council
• Serbo-Croatian: sávet — council
• Slovak: soviet — council
• Slovene: sovjet — council
• Spanish: sóviet — council
• Swedish: sovjet — council
• Tajik: совет (sovet) — council
• Tajik: шӯро (šüro) — council
• Thai: โซเวียต (soo-wîiat) — council
• Turkish: sovyet — council
• Turkmen: sowet — council
• Ukrainian: ра́да (ráda) — council
• Ukrainian: совє́т (sovjét) — council
• Uyghur: سوۋېت (sowët) — council
• Uzbek: sovet — council
• Vietnamese: xô viết — council
• Yiddish: סאָוועט (sovet) — council
• Arabic: سُوفْيَاتِيّ (sūfyātiyy) — citizen
• Arabic: سُوفْيَاتِيَّة (sūfyātiyya) — citizen
• Catalan: soviet — citizen
• Chinese Cantonese: 蘇聯人 /苏联人 (sou1 lyun4 jan4) — citizen
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘇聯人 /苏联人 (sūliánrén) — citizen
• Czech: Sovět — citizen
• Czech: Sovětka — citizen
• Esperanto: sovetiano — citizen
• Finnish: neuvostoliittolainen — citizen
• French: Soviétique — citizen
• Galician: soviético — citizen
• German: Sowjetbürger — citizen
• German: Sowjetbürgerin — citizen
• Greek: Σοβιετικός (Sovietikós) — citizen
• Greek: Σοβιετική (Sovietikí) — citizen
• Hebrew: סובייטי (sovyetí) — citizen
• Hindi: सोवियत (soviyat) — citizen
• Icelandic: sovétmaður — citizen
• Ingrian: sovetit — citizen
• Italian: sovietico — citizen
• Italian: sovietica — citizen
• Japanese: ソ連人 (Sorenjin) — citizen
• Korean: 소련인 (soryeonin) — citizen
• Korean: 쏘련인 (ssoryeonin) — citizen
• Norwegian Bokmål: sovjeter — citizen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sovjetar — citizen
• Polish: Sowiet — citizen
• Polish: Sowietka — citizen
• Portuguese: soviético — citizen
• Portuguese: soviética — citizen
• Russian: сове́тский граждани́н (sovétskij graždanín) — citizen
• Russian: сове́тская гражда́нка (sovétskaja graždánka) — citizen
• Russian: граждани́н СССР (graždanín SSSR) — citizen
• Russian: гражда́нка СССР (graždánka SSSR) — citizen
• Spanish: soviético — citizen
• Spanish: soviética — citizen