KGB

KGB

See also: Kgb

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).

Proper noun

the KGB

1. (historical) The former Soviet State Security Committee.
   • 2019 [2018], Ben Macintyre, chapter 4, in The Spy and the Traitor, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 75:

     But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB.

2. The current Belarusian security service.

Translations

(historical) The former Soviet State Security Committee

Arabic: كَي جِي بِي‎ m (kay jī bī), كَاي جِي بِي‎ m (kāy jī bī) Armenian: ՊԱԿ (hy) (PAK) Belarusian: КДБ m (KDB) Bengali: কেজিবি (kejibi) Bulgarian: КГБ m (KGB) Chinese: Mandarin: 克格勃 (zh) (kègébó) French: KGB (fr) m Georgian: სუკ (suḳ) German: KGB (de) m Hebrew: ק.ג.ב.‎ m (ka ge be) Hindi: केजीबी (kejībī) Japanese: カーゲーベー (kāgēbē), ケージービー (kējībī) Khmer: កាហ្សេបេ (kaa zee bee) Korean: 카게베 (kagebe), 케이지비 (keijibi) Macedonian: КГБ m (KGB) Mongolian: УАХХ (UAXX) Polish: KGB (pl) m or n Portuguese: KGB f Russian: КГБ (ru) m (KGB) Spanish: KGB (es) m Swedish: KGB (sv) Turkmen: DHK Ukrainian: КДБ m (KDB) Yiddish: קאַגעבע‎ f (kagebe)

the current Belarusian security service

Belarusian: КДБ m (KDB) Polish: KGB (pl) m or n Russian: КГБ (ru) m (KGB) Ukrainian: КДБ m (KDB)

See also

• FSB
• NKVD
• Cheka

Noun

KGB (plural KGBs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of known good board.

Translations

Known Good Board

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French

Etymology

From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʒe.be/

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Proper noun

KGB m

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

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Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Russian КГБ (KGB).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɡjɛˈbɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛbɛ
• Syllabification: K‧G‧B

Proper noun

KGB m inan or KGB n (indeclinable)

1. (historical) KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
2. KGB (the current Belarusian security service)

Derived terms

nouns

• kagebista
• kagiebista
• KGB-ista

 

Further reading

• KGB in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• KGB in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

KGB f

1. KGB (Russian secret police)

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Slovak

Etymology

From Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaːɡeːbeː]

Proper noun

KGB n

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

Further reading

• KGB in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

KGB m

1. KGB (soviet KGB)