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Etymology 1[edit]
From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).
Proper noun[edit]
the KGB
- (historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).
- 2001 January 4, Garry Kasparov, “The Russian President Trades on Fear”, in The Wall Street Journal[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 January 2015, International[2]:
- President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive.
- 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.
- The security service of Belarus.
Translations[edit]
Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union
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security service of Belarus
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
KGB (plural KGBs)
- (electronics) Initialism of known good board.
Translations[edit]
Known Good Board
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
KGB m
- KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Orthographic borrowing from Russian КГБ (KGB).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
KGB m inan or KGB n (indeclinable)
- (historical) KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
- KGB (the current Belarusian security service)
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
Further reading[edit]
- KGB in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- KGB in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
KGB f
- KGB (Russian secret police)
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Russian КГБ (KGB), through phonetic spelling of Komitét Gosudárstvennoj Bezopásnosti and acronymization.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
KGB n
- KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
Further reading[edit]
- “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
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
KGB m
- KGB (soviet KGB)
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