soviet
/ˈsəʊvi.ət/noun, adjective
soviet is spelled S-O-V-I-E-T: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, soviet means “A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of soviet is soviets.
How many letters and syllables are in soviet?
| Letters | 6: S-O-V-I-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,785th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is soviet?
Soviet appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,785th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce soviet?
- UK /ˈsəʊvi.ət/
- UK /ˈsɒvi.ət/
- UK /ˈsɒv.jət/
Soviet has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Soviet.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-soviet.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of soviet
- soviets plural
- more soviet comparative
- most soviet superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does soviet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union)
noun
- 1
A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council”).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.
- 2
Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Soviet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | soviet , Soviétique , soviétique |
| German | Sowjet , Sowjetbürger, Sowjetbürgerin , sowjetisch, Sowjet- |
| Portuguese | soviete , soviética , soviético |
| Spanish | sóviet , soviético, soviética |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does soviet come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).