name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstɑːlɪn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstælɪn/
General-American:/ˈstɑlɪn/
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Scotland:/ˈstalɪn/
rhymes with -ɑːlɪn
rhymes with -ælɪn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of Hitler (“a dictatorial person”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Hitler
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Joseph Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communist, commie
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) + -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).
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Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
