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Soviet Pronunciation
Soviet is pronounced SOH-vee-uht, IPA /ˈsoʊviˌɛt/.
SOH-vee-uht
US /ˈsoʊviˌɛt/ · UK /ˈsəʊviət/
Syllables: SOH · vee · uht (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective and noun: Relating to the Soviet Union, or, as a noun, an elected council in that state.
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Soviet in a Sentence
- The soviet archives were opened to researchers in the nineties.
- My grandfather was born in a soviet republic that no longer exists.
- A local soviet ran the town for seventy years.
Common Mispronunciations of Soviet
Not SOH-vyet
Give the vi its own beat as a quick vee, which makes three in all. Squashing it into a vyet leaves two.
Not suh-vee-ET
SOH takes the push, and the vee and uht behind it stay level with each other.
Tip: Soviet comes from the Russian word for council, so the noun sense is the older one.
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