soviet

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. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsəʊ.vi.ət/

Etymology

Cognate with Polish: witać

In summary

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”).

Synonyms

Soviet

central

council

Sovietist

Translations

soviétique

soviet

sovietico

soviético

Sowjet

soviético

soviet

sovjet

sowjetisch

rada

soviete

σοβιέτ

sóviet

Soviet

soviètic