sovkhoze

French

Etymology

From Russian совхо́з (sovxóz), abbreviation of советское хозяйство (sovetskoye khozyaystvo, "soviet farm").

Noun

sovkhoze m (plural sovkhozes)

sovkhoz, state farm in Soviet Russia
À la chute de l'Union soviétique en 1990, le pays comptait 25 500 fermes : 45 % de sovkhozes et 55 % de kolkhozes.

Derived terms

sovkhozien

Further reading

“sovkhoze” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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