voivodeship
voi·vode·ship/ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/noun
voivodeship is a noun meaning “The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-I-V-O-D-E-S-H-I-P and has 3 syllables (voi·vode·ship), and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of voivodeship is voivodeships.
What does voivodeship mean?
noun
- 1
The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”).
- 2
The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.
- 3
The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce voivodeship?
- UK /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊdˌʃɪp/
- US /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/
Voivodeship has 3 syllables, split voi·vode·ship in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-voivodeship.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of voivodeship
- voivodeships plural
- vaivodeship
- waiwodeship
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is voivodeship?
Voivodeship appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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).
Voivodeship in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense jurisdiction of a voivode:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | voïvodie |
| German | Woiwodschaft, Wojewodschaft |
| Portuguese | voivodato, voivodia |
| Spanish | voivodato, voivodia |
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 voivodeship come from?
From voivode (“local ruler or official in parts of central and eastern Europe; administrative chief in Poland”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating properties or states of being).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).