volost
noun
volost is a noun meaning “A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-O-S-T, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of volost is volosts or volosti.
What does volost mean?
noun
- 1
A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
Coordinate term: raion (modern Russia)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volost
- volosts plural
- volosti plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volost?
Volost appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd 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).
Volost in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a traditional administrative subdivision:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | volost |
| German | Wolost |
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 volost come from?
Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) and Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), from Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).