soviet

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊvi.ət/, /ˈsɒvi.ət/, /ˈsɒv.jət/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊvi.ət/, /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/ Rhymes: -əʊviət, -ɒviət, -ɒvjət, -əʊviɛt === Noun === soviet (plural soviets) (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. Hypernyms: council < group, organization ==== Related terms ==== Soviet republic Supreme Soviet ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Adjective === soviet (comparative more soviet, superlative most soviet) Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council). Synonym: (rare) sovietic Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union) ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === === Anagrams === sovite == Catalan == === Noun === soviet m or f by sense (plural soviets) Soviet === Adjective === soviet m or f (masculine and feminine plural soviets) Soviet == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét, “council”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔ.vjɛt/ === Noun === soviet m (plural soviets) (Soviet Union) soviet (council) ==== Derived terms ==== soviétique === Further reading === “soviet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.vjet/, (traditional) /soˈvjɛt/ Rhymes: -ɔvjet, (traditional) -ɛt Hyphenation: sò‧viet, (traditional) so‧vièt === Noun === soviet m (invariable) soviet (council) ==== Derived terms ==== soviet supremo === References === === Anagrams === estivo, estivò == Romanian == === Alternative forms === совет (sovet) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian совет (sovet). Doublet of sfat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /so.viˈet/ === Noun === soviet n (plural soviete) soviet (council) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === sóviet === Noun === soviet m (plural soviets) soviet (an assembly, convocation, or council of workers) === Further reading === “soviet”, 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