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soviet¹

  • /ˈsəʊvi.ət/ UK
  • /ˈsɒvi.ət/ UK
  • /ˈsɒv.jət/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊvi.ət/ US
  • /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/ US

Rhymes with -əʊviət, -ɒviət, -ɒvjət, -əʊviɛt

Where it comes from

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”).

noun soviets

  1. historical A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere. They then established the West Hunan-Hupeh (Hsiang-O-Hsi) Special Committee and a little later transformed it into a soviet government. Party membership figures as of 1932 for a dozen counties in the area were estimated at 18,034, with the largest number, 4,468, working in Chienli County, then headq

adjective more soviet · most soviet

  1. Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).

    Similar: sovietic

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union) An engineer who is not very soviet in his convictions is the hero.

Soviet²

  • /ˈsəʊvi.ət/ UK
  • /ˈsɒvi.ət/ UK
  • /ˈsɒv.jət/ UK
  • /ˈsoʊvi.ət/ US
  • /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/ US
  • /ˈsovi.ət/ Scotland
  • /ˈsɔvi.ət/ Scotland

Rhymes with -əʊviət, -ɒviət, -ɒvjət, -əʊviɛt

noun Soviets

  1. A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian Rai
  2. Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council”). Толчками и скачками дело все же идет к тому, что давно провозглашенный нашей партией переход власти к Советам будет осуществлен.

adjective more Soviet · most Soviet · soviet

  1. historical, not comparable Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics. Later, in the 1980s, western scholars found that, notwithstanding the substantial Soviet military buildup near the Chinese borders in the late 1960s, it was Beijing that initiated the clash on Zhenbao (Damanski) Island.
  2. Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist. He remained more Soviet than his parents and often accused Gorbachev of having destroyed the Soviet Union on behalf of US intelligence.

    Similar: Sovietic

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: communist, council, russian, ussr, ssr, councils, assembly, congress, commission, board, committee, delegation, senate, legislature, bureau, panel

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noun council

Españolsóviet
한국어소비에트 sobieteu
日本語ソビエト sobieto, ソヴェト soveto, ソヴィエト
中文蘇維埃 /苏维埃 sūwéi'āi
हिन्दीसोवियत soviyat
Portuguêssoviete
Françaissoviet
DeutschSowjet
Italianosoviet
Ελληνικάσοβιέτ soviét
Românăsoviet
Русскийсове́т sovét
Tiếng Việtxô viết
العربيةسوفييت sōvyēt, سُوفْيَات sufyāt, سُوفْيَات sovyēt, سُوفْيِت sovyet
עבריתסוֹבְיֵיט

adj pertaining to a soviet

Portuguêssoviético
Italianosovietico, sovietica
Русскийсове́тский sovétskij

noun citizen

Españolsoviético, soviética
한국어소련인 soryeonin
日本語ソ連人 Sorenjin
中文蘇聯人 /苏联人 sūliánrén
हिन्दीसोवियत soviyat
Portuguêssoviético, soviética
FrançaisSoviétique
DeutschSowjetbürger, Sowjetbürgerin
Italianosovietico, sovietica
ΕλληνικάΣοβιετικός Sovietikós, Σοβιετική Sovietikí
Русскийсове́тский граждани́н sovétskij graždanín, сове́тская гражда́нка sovétskaja graždánka, граждани́н СССР graždanín SSSR, гражда́нка СССР graždánka SSSR
العربيةسُوفْيَاتِيّ sūfyātiyy, سُوفْيَاتِيَّة sūfyātiyya
עבריתסובייטי sovyetí

adj pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics

Españolsoviético
한국어소비에트의 Sobieteu-ui
日本語ソ連の Soren no, ソビエトの Sobieto no, ソヴェトの Soveto no
中文蘇維埃 /苏维埃 Sūwéi'āi, 蘇聯的 /苏联的 Sū-lián-de
हिन्दीसोवियत soviyat
KiswahiliKisovyeti
Portuguêssoviético
Françaissoviétique
Deutschsowjetisch, Sowjet-
Italianosovietico
Ελληνικάσοβιετικός sovietikós
Românăsovietic
Русскийсове́тский sovétskij
Tiếng Việtxô viết, Xô viết, xô-viết
العربيةسُوفْيِتِيّ sovyetiyy, سُوفْيِيتِيّ sovyētiyy, سُوفْيَاتِيّ suvyātiyy, سُوفْيَاتِيّ sufyātiyy
עבריתסובייטי sovyetí

adj supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism

Portuguêssoviético
Русскийсове́тский sovétskij

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@misc{soviet_2026,
  title = {soviet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soviet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}