Brezhnev

See also: Brézhnev

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бре́жнев (Bréžnev).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɛʒnɛv/, /ˈbɹɛʒnəv/, /ˈbɹɛʒnɛf/, /ˈbɹɛʒnəf/

Proper noun

Brezhnev (plural Brezhnevs)

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Бре́жнев (Bréžnev); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Leonid Brezhnev.
   • 2025 May 8, Daniil Martikainen-Iarlykovskii, “The never-ending war : How have Putin’s Victory Day speeches evolved over the past quarter of a century?”, in Novaya Gazeta Europe‎^[1]:

     Victory Day was first celebrated in the Soviet Union to mark the 20th anniversary of the German defeat in 1965. What had until then been just another workday became a public holiday which, as Russian historian Kirill Kobrin argues, was used from the outset as a political tool, with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev keen to use the event as a means of boosting the USSR’s image internationally.

2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

Derived terms

• Brezhnev Doctrine
• Brezhnevian
• Brezhnevite

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Բրեժնեւ (hy) (Brežnew)
• Azerbaijani: Brejnev
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勃列日涅夫 (zh) (Bólièrìnièfū), 布里茲涅夫 (Bùlǐzīnièfū)

• Dutch: Brezjnev
• French: Brejnev (fr)
• German: Breschnew
• Greek: Μπρέζνιεφ (el) (Bréznief)
• Hungarian: Brezsnyev (hu)
• Italian: Brezhnev, Brežnev
• Japanese: ブレジネフ (burejinefu)
• Latin: Brez̆nev
• Lithuanian: Brežnev, Brežnevas m (adapted)
• Marathi: ब्रेझनेव (brejhnev)
• Polish: Breżniew m
• Portuguese: Brejnev
• Romanian: Brejnev m
• Russian: Бре́жнев (ru) (Bréžnev)
• Spanish: Brézhnev
• Turkish: Brejnev
• Ukrainian: Брежнєв m (Brežnjev)

Italian

Alternative forms

• Brežnev

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бре́жнев (Bréžnev).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛz.njev/, /ˈbrɛz.njef/
• Rhymes: -ɛznjev, -ɛznjef
• Hyphenation: Brèzh‧nev

Proper noun

Brezhnev m

1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Бре́жнев (Bréžnev)