nomenklatura

== English == === Alternative forms === nomenclatura === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtjʊəɹə/, /nɒˌmɛnkləˈtʃʊəɹə/ === Noun === nomenklatura (plural nomenklaturas) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union and other communist countries, filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.] (collective) The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnomɛŋklatura] === Noun === nomenklatura f nomenclature ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See nominace === Further reading === “nomenklatura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “nomenklatura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “nomenklatura”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra). Doublet of nomenclatura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /no.men.klaˈtu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Hyphenation: no‧men‧kla‧tù‧ra === Noun === nomenklatura f (plural nomenklature) nomenklatura == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === nomenklaturene === Noun === nomenklatura m or n definite neuter plural of nomenklatur == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nōmenclātūra. Sense 3, sense 4 and sense 5 are semantic loans from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔ.mɛŋ.klaˈtu.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Syllabification: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra === Noun === nomenklatura f (related adjective nomenklaturowy) (countable) nomenclature (set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences) Synonyms: nazewnictwo, terminologia (countable) nomenclature (set of names or terms) Synonyms: nazewnictwo, terminologia (uncountable, derogatory, historical, politics) nomenklatura (list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party) (uncountable, collective, derogatory, historical, politics) nomenklatura (people on such lists) (uncountable, collective, derogatory, politics) nomenklatura (any privileged class; a social or political elite) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === nomenklatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN nomenklatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN nomenklatura in PWN's encyclopedia == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nomenklatǔːra/ Hyphenation: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra === Noun === nomenklatúra f (Cyrillic spelling номенклату́ра) nomenclature ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclatura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nomenklaˈtuɾa/ [no.mẽŋ.klaˈt̪u.ɾa] Rhymes: -uɾa Syllabification: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra === Noun === nomenklatura f (uncountable) nomenklatura === Further reading === “nomenklatura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatur. === Noun === nomenklatura c (historical) nomenklatura ==== Declension ==== === References === nomenklatura in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) nomenklatura in Svensk ordbok (SO)