Meanings
plural kolkhozes · plural kolkhozy
- historicalA farming collective in the former Soviet Union.
And books were demanded of them, books on Russia, on sailors, on aeroplanes, on scientists, on metro-workers, on kolkhoz labourers, on women and schoolchildren and parachute heroes.
2013, Lucy Renner Jones, translating Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Death in Persia, Seagull Books 2013, p. 21Synonyms: kolhosp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA farming collective in the former Soviet Union.
Origin
- Russianколхо́з
- Englishkolkhoz
From Russian колхо́з (kolxóz), contraction of коллекти́вное хозя́йство (kollektívnoje xozjájstvo, “collective farm, household”).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُولْخُوز
- كُولْخُوز (kūlḵūz)farming collective
Bulgarian колхо́з
- колхо́з (kolhóz)farming collective
Catalan kolkhoz
- kolkhozfarming collective
Chinese Mandarin 集體農莊 /集体农庄
- 集體農莊 /集体农庄 (jítǐ nóngzhuāng)farming collective
Czech kolchoz
- kolchozfarming collective
Danish kolkhoz
- kolkhozfarming collective
Dutch kolchoz
- kolchozfarming collective
Esperanto kolĥozo
- kolĥozofarming collective
Estonian kolhoos
- kolhoosfarming collective
Finnish kolhoosi
- kolhoosifarming collective
French kolkhoze
- kolkhozefarming collective
German Kolchose, Kolchos
- Kolchosefarming collective
- Kolchosfarming collective
Greek κολχόζ
- κολχόζ (kolchóz)farming collective
Hebrew קוֹלְחוֹז
- קוֹלְחוֹז (kolkhoz)farming collective
Hindi कोलख़ोज़
- कोलख़ोज़ (kolxoz)farming collective
Hungarian kolhoz
- kolhozfarming collective
Irish calchas
- calchasfarming collective
Italian kolchoz
- kolchozfarming collective
Japanese コルホーズ
- コルホーズ (koruhōzu)farming collective
Korean 콜호스, 콜호즈
- 콜호스 (kolhoseu)farming collective
- 콜호즈 (kolhojeu)farming collective
Latvian kolhozs
- kolhozsfarming collective
Lithuanian kolūkis
- kolūkisfarming collective
Norwegian kolkos
- kolkosfarming collective
Persian کلخوز
- کلخوز (kolxôz)farming collective
Polish kołchoz
- kołchozfarming collective
Portuguese kolkhoz
- kolkhozfarming collective
Romanian colhoz
- colhozfarming collective
Russian колхо́з
- колхо́з (kolxóz)farming collective
Slovak kolchoz
- kolchozfarming collective
Spanish koljós
- koljósfarming collective
Swedish kolchos
- kolchosfarming collective
Turkish kolhoz
- kolhozfarming collective
Ukrainian колго́сп
- колго́сп (kolhósp)farming collective
Vietnamese nông trường tập thể
- nông trường tập thểfarming collective
Yiddish קאָלכאָז, קאָלווירט
- קאָלכאָז (kolkhoz)farming collective
- קאָלווירט (kolvirt)farming collective
Cite this entry
kolkhoz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolkhoz
“kolkhoz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kolkhoz. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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