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veche

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: government, politics

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a modern assembly of Rodnovers, atavistically based off the medieval veche.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion

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History

Etymology

From Old East Slavic вѣче (věče, “council”) or modern Russian ве́че (véče)

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վեչե (večʻe) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Azerbaijani: veçe — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Belarusian: ве́ча (vjéča) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Bulgarian: ве́че (véče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ві́че (víče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 為制會 /为制会 — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Czech: věče — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Dutch: vetsje — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Estonian: veetše — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Finnish: vetše — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • French: vétché — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Georgian: ვეჩე (veče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • German: Wetsche — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Hungarian: vecse — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Japanese: ヴェチェ (veche) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Kazakh: вече (veçe) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Korean: 베체 (beche) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Kyrgyz: вече (vece) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vetsje — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Church Slavic: вѣще (věšte) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Church Slavic: вѣщє (věšte) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Old East Slavic: вѣче (věče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Old Novgorodian: вѣче (věcʹje) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Polish: wiec — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Polish: wiece — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Portuguese: vetche — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Russian: ве́че (véče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: ве́ће — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: виjе́ће — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: véće — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Serbo-Croatian: vijéće — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Slovak: veče — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Slovene: veče — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Swedish: vetje — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Tajik: вече (veče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Turkmen: weçe — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Ukrainian: ві́че (víče) — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries
  • Uzbek: veche — a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries