how to pronounce soviet

/ˈsoʊviːət/

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soviet is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of soviet in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… communism i think about the soviet union …”

meanings of soviet

adjective:

Pertaining to or resembling a soviet (council).
Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics.
Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist.
Alternative letter-case form of Soviet (pertaining to the Soviet Union).

noun:

Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council").
A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

soviet frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word soviet occurs in english on average 11.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.