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khrushchev

/ˈkrʊʃ.t͡ʃɒf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
khrushchev
IPA
/ˈkrʊʃ.t͡ʃɒf/
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

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Etymology

From Russian Хрущёв (Xruščóv), usually written Хрущев (Xruščev) (see note about Russian letter ё (jo)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Хрущёв

Inflected Forms

Khrushchov (alternative) Khrushchyov (alternative)

Derived Forms

Khrushchevian Khrushchevism

Questions

How do you pronounce khrushchev?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkrʊʃ.t͡ʃɒf/.
What does khrushchev mean?
English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.
Where does khrushchev come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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