Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

khrushchevka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: khrushchev-ka
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.

noun

An individual apartment in such a building.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

Inflected Forms

khrushchevkas (plural) khrushchevki (plural)

Questions

What does khrushchevka mean?: A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
Where does khrushchevka come from?: Borrowed from Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

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