kibbutznik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קִיבּוּצְנִיק (kibútzník), from קִיבּוּץ (kibútz, “kibbutz”) +‎ -נִיק (nik, “-er”).

Noun

kibbutznik (plural kibbutznikim or kibbutzniks)

1. A member of a kibbutz.
   • 2009 January 16, Susan Walker, “When the kibbutz goes kaput”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     When a banker and a developer arrive to find that the commune has not been evacuated, the spirit of resistance is awakened in the old kibbutzniks.

Translations

member of a kibbutz

• French: kibboutznik (fr) m
• German: Kibbuznik (de) m, Kibbuznikin f
• Hebrew: קִיבּוּצְנִיק m (kibútsník), קִיבּוּצְנִיקִית f
• Polish: kibucnik m, kibucniczka f
• Russian: кибу́цник (ru) m (kibúcnik), кибу́цница (ru) f (kibúcnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝбуцнӣк m, кѝбуцница f

  Roman: kìbucnīk (sh) m, kìbucnica (sh) f