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)
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• Japanese: カーゲーベー (kāgēbē), ケージービー (kējībī)
• Korean: 카게베 (kagebe), 케이지비 (keijibi)
• Macedonian: КГБ m (KGB)
• Mongolian: УАХХ (UAXX)
• 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)
• Russian: КГБ (ru) m (KGB)
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• Ukrainian: КДБ m (KDB)

See also

• FSB
• NKVD
• Cheka

Etymology 2

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/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

KGB m

1. KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)

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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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Proper noun

KGB m

1. KGB (soviet KGB)