ソビエト

Japanese

Alternative spelling
蘇維埃

Alternative forms

ソヴィエト (sovieto)
ソヴェト (soveto)

Etymology

From Russian сове́т (sovét).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ソビエト [sòbíꜜètò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞bʲie̞to̞]

Noun

ソビエト • (sobieto)

(historical) soviet (a form of government in Russia and the ex-USSR since 1905)

Proper noun

ソビエト • (Sobieto)

Short for ソビエト社会主義共和国連邦 (Sobieto Shakai Shugi Kyōwakoku Renpō, “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”).

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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