Soviet
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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).
Inflected forms:
form: more Soviet
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Soviet
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: soviet
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
examples: 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.
A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.
gloss: Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.
pos: adj
examples: He remained more Soviet than his parents and often accused Gorbachev of having destroyed the Soviet Union on behalf of US intelligence.
Only in the GDR were the returning POWs presumed guilty; there East Germans, attempting to be "more Soviet than the Soviets," […]
It would also be incorrect to creat a "scale of Sovietism", arguing, say, that Gildin was more Soviet than Litvakov, or that Litvakov was more Soviet than Dobrushin. Essentially, they were equally Soviet, even if they saw their Sovietism rather differently: […]
Derived words: Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
pan-post-Soviet
pan-Soviet
post-Soviet
pre-Soviet
Sovietdom
Sovietesque
Sovietisation
Sovietise
Sovietization
Sovietize
Sovietness
Sovietology
Sovietophile
Sovietophilia
Sovietwave
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: sovjetik
lang: Arabic
word: سُوفْيِتِيّ
roman: sovyetiyy
lang: Arabic
word: سُوفْيِيتِيّ
roman: sovyētiyy
lang: Arabic
word: سُوفْيَاتِيّ
roman: suvyātiyy
lang: Arabic
word: سُوفْيَاتِيّ
roman: sufyātiyy
lang: Armenian
word: սովետական
roman: sovetakan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sovet
lang: Bashkir
word: совет
roman: sovet
lang: Belarusian
word: саве́цкі
roman: savjécki
lang: Bengali
word: সোভিয়েত
roman: śōbhiẏet
lang: Bulgarian
word: съве́тски
roman: sǎvétski
lang: Burmese
word: ဆိုဗီယက်
roman: hcuibiyak
lang: Catalan
word: soviètic
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蘇維埃 /苏维埃
roman: Sūwéi'āi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蘇聯的 /苏联的
roman: Sū-lián-de
lang: Czech
word: sovětský
lang: Danish
word: sovjetisk
lang: Dutch
word: Sovjet-
lang: Esperanto
word: soveta
lang: Esperanto
word: sovetia
lang: Estonian
word: nõukogude
lang: Farefare
word: soviet
lang: Finnish
word: neuvostoliittolainen
lang: Finnish
word: Neuvostoliiton
lang: French
word: soviétique
lang: Galician
word: soviético
lang: Georgian
word: საბჭოთა
roman: sabč̣ota
lang: German
word: sowjetisch
lang: German
word: Sowjet-
lang: Greek
word: σοβιετικός
roman: sovietikós
lang: Hebrew
word: סובייטי
roman: sovyetí
lang: Hindi
word: सोवियत
roman: soviyat
lang: Hungarian
word: szovjet
lang: Ingrian
word: sovetskoi
lang: Italian
word: sovietico
lang: Japanese
word: ソ連の
roman: Soren no
lang: Japanese
word: ソビエトの
roman: Sobieto no
lang: Japanese
word: ソヴェトの
roman: Soveto no
lang: Kazakh
word: кеңестік
roman: keñestık
lang: Kazakh
word: кеңес
roman: keñes
lang: Kazakh
word: советтік
roman: sovettık
lang: Kazakh
word: совет
roman: sovet
lang: Khmer
word: សូវៀត
roman: souviət
lang: Korean
word: 소비에트
roman: Sobieteu
lang: Kyrgyz
word: советтик
roman: sovettik
lang: Kyrgyz
word: совет
roman: sovet
lang: Lao
word: ໂຊວຽດ
roman: sō wīat
lang: Latin
word: sovieticus
lang: Latvian
word: padomju-
lang: Macedonian
word: со́ветски
roman: sóvetski
lang: Maltese
word: Sovjetiku
lang: Manx
word: Soveidjagh
lang: Mongolian
word: зөвлөлт
roman: zövlölt
lang: Pashto
word: شوروي
roman: šorawí
lang: Dari
word: شورَوِی
roman: šōrawī
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شُورَوی
roman: šowravi
lang: Polish
word: radziecki
lang: Polish
word: sowiecki
lang: Portuguese
word: soviético
lang: Romanian
word: sovietic
lang: Russian
word: сове́тский
roman: sovétskij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: со̀вјетскӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sòvjetskī
lang: Slovak
word: sovietsky
lang: Slovene
word: sovjetski
lang: Spanish
word: soviético
lang: Swahili
word: Kisovyeti
lang: Swedish
word: sovjetisk
lang: Tagalog
word: Sobyet
lang: Tajik
word: шӯравӣ
roman: šüravi
lang: Tajik
word: советӣ
roman: soveti
lang: Thai
word: โซเวียต
roman: soo-wîiat
lang: Turkish
word: sovyet
lang: Turkmen
word: sowet
lang: Ukrainian
word: радя́нський
roman: radjánsʹkyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: совє́тський
roman: sovjétsʹkyj
lang: Urdu
word: سووِیَت
roman: soviyat
lang: Uyghur
word: سوۋېت
roman: sowët
lang: Uzbek
word: sovet
lang: Vietnamese
word: xô viết
lang: Vietnamese
word: Xô viết
lang: Vietnamese
word: xô-viết
lang: Yiddish
word: סאָוועטיש
roman: sovetish
lang: Yiddish
word: סאָוועטן
roman: sovetn