nomenklatura
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenclature.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nomenklatura (plural nomenklaturas)
- (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
- (collective) The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 764:
- Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).
- 2023, Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, Public Affairs, →ISBN:
- During the long rule of Leonid Brezhnev (1964–1982), the nomenklatura had cemented their power in the system.
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”).
Noun edit
nomenklatura f
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | nomenklatura | nomenklatury |
genitive | nomenklatury | nomenklatur |
dative | nomenklatuře | nomenklaturám |
accusative | nomenklaturu | nomenklatury |
vocative | nomenklaturo | nomenklatury |
locative | nomenklatuře | nomenklaturách |
instrumental | nomenklaturou | nomenklaturami |
Related terms edit
- See nominace
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra). Doublet of nomenclatura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nomenklatura f (plural nomenklature)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
nomenklatura m or n
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nomenklatura f
- nomenclature (set of names or terms)
- Synonym: nazewnictwo
- (historical) nomenklatura (list of posts in Soviet Union)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | nomenklatura |
genitive | nomenklatury |
dative | nomenklaturze |
accusative | nomenklaturę |
instrumental | nomenklaturą |
locative | nomenklaturze |
vocative | nomenklaturo |
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Further reading edit
- nomenklatura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- nomenklatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nomenklatúra f (Cyrillic spelling номенклату́ра)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | nomenklatura |
genitive | nomenklature |
dative | nomenklaturi |
accusative | nomenklaturu |
vocative | nomenklaturo |
locative | nomenklaturi |
instrumental | nomenklaturom |
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian номенклату́ра (nomenklatúra), from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatur.
Noun edit
nomenklatura c
Declension edit
Declension of nomenklatura | ||||
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Nominative | nomenklatura | nomenklaturan | — | — |
Genitive | nomenklaturas | nomenklaturans | — | — |