Khrushchev

English

Alternative forms

• Khrushchov
• Khrushchyov

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrʊʃ.t͡ʃɒf/, (also) /ˈkruːʃ-/, /-t͡ʃɒv/, /-t͡ʃɛv/

Proper noun

Khrushchev

1. 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.
   • 1974, Freddie Mercury, “Killer Queen”, in Sheer Heart Attack:

     A built-in remedy for Khrushchev and Kennedy.

Translations

surname

• Arabic: خُورُوشُوف m (ḵurušūf)
• Armenian: Խրուշչով (Xruščʻov)
• Azerbaijani: Xruşşov
• Basque: Khrustxev
• Belarusian: Хрушчо́ў m (Xruščóŭ)
• Breton: C'hrouchtchov
• Bulgarian: Хрушчо́в m (Hruščóv)
• Catalan: Khrusxov, Khruixtxov
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赫魯曉夫／赫鲁晓夫 (zh) (Hèlǔxiǎofū)

• Chuvash: Хрущёв (Hruščjov)
• Czech: Chruščov m
• Danish: Khrusjtjov
• Dutch: Chroesjtsjov
• Esperanto: Ĥruŝĉov
• Estonian: Hruštšov
• Finnish: Hruštšov
• French: Khrouchtchev (fr) m
• Georgian: ხრუშჩოვი (xruščovi)
• German: Chruschtschow (de) m
• Greek: Χρουστσόφ (el) m (Chroustsóf)
• Hebrew: חרושצ׳וב (khrushchov)
• Hindi: ख्रुश्चेव m (khruścev), ख़्रुश्चेव m (xruścev), ख़्रुश्चोव m (xruścov), ख़्रुश्चोफ़ m (xruścof)
• Hungarian: Hruscsov (hu)
• Icelandic: Krústsjov
• Ido: Hrushchev
• Inuktitut: ᖁᕉᔅᑦᓱᕝ (qoroostsov)
• Italian: Chruščëv m
• Japanese: フルシチョフ (Furushichofu)
• Kazakh: Хрущёв (Xruşev)
• Korean: 흐루쇼프 (Heurusyopeu)
• Kyrgyz: Хрущёв (Hruşcyov)
• Latvian: Hruščovs m
• Lithuanian: Chruščiovas m
• Luxembourgish: Chruschtschow
• Macedonian: Хру́шчо́в m (Hrúščóv)
• Marathi: ख्रुश्चेव्ह (khruścevha)
• Norwegian: Khrusjtsjov m
• Persian: خروشچف (xruščef)
• Polish: Chruszczow m
• Portuguese: Khrushchov m
• Romanian: Hrușciov
• Russian: Хрущёв (ru) m (Xruščóv)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хрушчов m

  Roman: Hruščov m

• Slovak: Chruščov m
• Slovene: Hruščov m
• Spanish: Jrushchov m
• Swahili: Krushchov
• Swedish: Chrusjtjov
• Tagalog: Hruščëv
• Tatar: Хрущёв (Xruşçyow)
• Thai: ครุสชอฟ (krúsàchôf)
• Turkish: Kruşçev
• Ukrainian: Хрущо́в m (Xruščóv)
• Urdu: خروشیف (xrušif)
• Vietnamese: Khrushchyov
• Welsh: Chrushtsief