soviet

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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.

Adj

1. Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union)

Concepten

sovjet

sovjet-

sovjetisch

Synoniemen

Soviet

central

council

Sovietist

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsəʊ.vi.ət/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).