Stalin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) +‎ -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːlɪn/, /ˈstælɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑlɪn/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈstalɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlɪn, -ælɪn

Proper noun

Stalin

1. A surname from Russian; usually referring to the Georgian revolutionary and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Joseph Stalin.
   • 2008 February 26 [1955 March 2], Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, “Comments on the change in Soviet leadership”, in www.cia.gov, page 1:

     Even in Stalin’s time there was collective leadership. The Western idea of a dictator within the Communist setup is exaggerated. Misunderstandings on that subject are caused by lack of comprehension of the real nature and organization of the Communist power structure. Stalin, although holding wide powers, was merely the captain of a team and it seems obvious that Khrushchev will be the new captain. However, it does not appear that any of the present leaders will rise to the stature of Lenin and Stalin, so that it will be safer to assume that developments in Moscow will be along the lines of what is called collective leadership, unless Western policies force the Soviets to streamline their power organization. The present situation is the most favorable from the point of view of upsetting the Communist dictatorship since the death of Stalin.

   • 2025 May 22, “Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate”, in Reuters‎^[1]:

     A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.

Derived terms

• destalinization
• destalinize
• Stalinesque, Stalin-esque
• Stalinian
• Stalinism
• Stalinist
• Stalinite
• Stalinization
• stalinization
• stalinize
• Stalinize
• Stalinoid
• Stalin's organ

Related terms

• Man of Steel
• Sralin
• Stalinabad
• Stalingrad
• Steelman
• steelman
• steely

Translations

Stalin

• Albanian: Stalini m (definite), Stalin m (indefinite)
• Arabic: سْتَالِين m (stālin)
• Armenian: Ստալին (Stalin)
• Azerbaijani: Stalin
• Belarusian: Ста́лін m (Stálin)
• Bengali: স্তালিন (bn) (stalin)
• Bulgarian: Ста́лин m (Stálin)
• Burmese: စတာလင် (ca.talang)
• Catalan: Stalin m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 斯大林 (si¹ daai⁶ lam⁴), 史太林 (si² taai³ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 斯大林 (zh) (Sīdàlín)

• Czech: Stalin (cs) m
• Danish: Stalin c
• Dutch: Stalin (nl) m
• Esperanto: Stalin
• Estonian: Stalin
• Finnish: Stalin
• French: Staline (fr) m
• Georgian: სტალინი (sṭalini)
• German: Stalin (de) m
• Greek: Στάλιν (el) m (Stálin)
• Hebrew: סטאלין m (stálin)
• Hindi: स्टालिन m (sṭālin)
• Hungarian: Sztálin (hu)
• Icelandic: Stalín m
• Indonesian: Stalin
• Irish: Stailín m
• Italian: Stalin m
• Japanese: スターリン (Sutārin)
• Kannada: ಸ್ಟಾಲಿನ್ (sṭālin)
• Kazakh: Сталин (Stalin)
• Khmer: ស្តាលីន (staaliin)
• Korean: 스탈린 (seutallin)(Sorth Korea)，쓰딸린 (sseuttallin)(North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Сталин (Stalin)
• Lao: ສະຕາລິນ (sa tā lin)
• Latvian: Staļins m
• Lithuanian: Stalinas m
• Macedonian: Сталин m (Stalin)
• Malayalam: സ്റ്റാലിൻ (sṟṟāliṉ)
• Marathi: स्टालिन (sṭālin)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сталин (Stalin)

  Mongolian script: ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠯᠢᠨ (stalin)

• Nepali: स्टालिन (sṭālina)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Stalin m

• Persian: استالین (fa) (estâlin)
• Polish: Stalin (pl) m
• Portuguese: Stalin m, Estaline m
• Romanian: Stalin m
• Russian: Ста́лин (ru) m (Stálin)
• Sanskrit: स्टालिन (sṭālina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Стаљин m

  Latin: Staljin m

• Slovak: Stalin m
• Slovene: Stalin m
• Spanish: Stalin (es) m
• Swedish: Stalin c
• Tajik: Сталин (Stalin)
• Tamil: ஸ்டாலின் (sṭāliṉ)
• Tatar: Сталин (Stalin)
• Telugu: స్టాలిన్ (sṭālin)
• Thai: สตาลิน (sà-dtaa-lin)
• Turkish: Stalin (tr)
• Turkmen: Stalin
• Ukrainian: Ста́лін m (Stálin)
• Urdu: استالن m (estālin)
• Uzbek: Stalin
• Vietnamese: Stalin, Xít Ta Lin, Xta Lin, Sta-lin
• Yiddish: סטאַלין m (stalin)

Noun

Stalin (plural Stalins)

1. Synonym of Hitler (“a dictatorial person”).
   • 2018 October 20, @ButtDepression, Twitter‎^[2] (post):

     climate strategy: elect a climate-stalin and send the deniers to exercise bike gulag to pedal green energy for us all

Further reading

• “Stalin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Stalin”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Stalin”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Stalin”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Anagrams

• instal, talins, Latins, Latin@s, altins

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstalɪn]
• Rhymes: -alɪn
• Hyphenation: Sta‧lin

Proper noun

Stalin m anim (relational adjective stalinský, possessive adjective Stalinův)

1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Ста́лин (Stálin), usually applying to the alias of Joseph Dzhugashvili [since 20th c]
   • 1937 April 30, Arne Novák, “Několik glos na okraji Gideova Návratu ze Sovětského svazu”, in Lumír‎^[3], volume 63, number 3, pages 159–162:

     André Gide se octl v úplných rozpacích, když všude pozoroval přímo nestvůrný kult Stalina. […] Stalin, krutovládce z Kavkazu nad Rusí, jest spíše symbolem, než skutečnou osobou, symbolem, jemuž náleží stejná úcta jako ikoně.

     André Gide felt completely confused when he saw the really monstrous cult of Stalin everywhere. […] Stalin, the tyrant from the Caucasus, which towers above Russia, is more a symbol than a real person, symbol to whom the same reverence belongs as to an icon.

Declension

Declension of Stalin (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Stalin	Stalinové
genitive	Stalina	Stalinů
dative	Stalinovi, Stalinu	Stalinům
accusative	Stalina	Staliny
vocative	Staline	Stalinové
locative	Stalinovi, Stalinu	Stalinech
instrumental	Stalinem	Staliny

Derived terms

• stalinismus m inan
• stalinista m anim

Related terms

• destalinizace f
• destalinizovat impf or pf
• Stalingrad m inan (historical)
• stalinistický

Further reading

• “Stalin”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Anagrams

• slatin
• slintá
• stínal

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”), itself from German Stahl (“steel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːˌliːn/, /ˈʃtaː.lɪn/, /ˈst-/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Stalin m (proper noun, strong, genitive Stalins)

1. Stalin (assumed name of Soviet ruler, Joseph Stalin, né Djugashvili)

Related terms

• Stalingrad
• Stalinismus
• Stalinist
• stalinistisch
• Stalinorgel

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.lin/
• Rhymes: -alin
• Hyphenation: Stà‧lin

Proper noun

Stalin m

1. a transliteration of the Russian surname Ста́лин (Stálin)
   1. Joseph Stalin

Polish

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Ста́лин (Stálin), from сталь (stalʹ, “steel”) +‎ -ин (-in, possessive suffix), from German Stahl (“steel”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stahlą (“steel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.lin/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alin
• Syllabification: Sta‧lin

Proper noun

Stalin m pers

1. (historical) Joseph Stalin

Declension

Declension of Stalin

	singular
nominative	Stalin
genitive	Stalina
dative	Stalinowi
accusative	Stalina
instrumental	Stalinem
locative	Stalinie
vocative	Stalinie

Derived terms

adjectives

• stalinowski
• Stalinowski

nous

• Stalingrad
• stalinista
• stalinistka
• stalinizacja
• stalinizm
• Stalinogród
• stalinowiec
• Stalińsk

verb

• stalinizować impf

Further reading

• “Stalin”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.lĩ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta.lĩ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta.lĩ/

Proper noun

Stalin m

1. alternative form of Estaline

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin).

Proper noun

Stalin

1. Stalin

Derived terms

• Stalinci
  • Stalincilik

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ста́лин (Stálin).

Proper noun

Stalin

1. Stalin

Derived terms

• stalinchi
  • stalinchilik