Soviet
pronunciation
How to pronounce Soviet in British English:
UK [ˈsəʊviət]
How to pronounce Soviet in American English:
US [ˈsoʊviet]
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- Noun:
- an elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Word Origin
- soviet (n.)
- 1917, from Russian sovet "governing council," literally "council," from Old Russian suvetu "assembly," from su "with" (from *su(n)- "with, together," from PIE *ksun- "with") + vetu "counsel." The whole is a loan-translation of Greek symboulion "council of advisers." As an adjective from 1918.
Example
- 1. The road has existed since soviet times .
- 2. Why was the soviet economy in ruins by 1991 ?
- 3. Soviet ambitions could be checked here , conceded there .
- 4. In retrospect , the west failed to prepare for the soviet collapse .
- 5. Despite last-ditch resistance , soviet power is restored in britain by 1944 , with implacable vengeance .