English

Noun

nomenklatura ‎(countable and uncountable, plural nomenklaturas)

1. (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party. [from 20th c.]
2. The people on such lists; by extension, any privileged class, a social or political elite. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 764:

     Communism envisioned […] an Authority Ranking of political control (in theory, the dictatorship of the proletariat; in practice, a nomenklatura of commissars under a charismatic dictator).

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Latin nomenclatura ‎(“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen ‎(“name”) + calare ‎(“call”).

Noun

nomenklatura f

1. nomenclature

Italian

Noun

nomenklatura f ‎(plural nomenklature)

1. nomenklatura

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nomenklatǔːra/
• Hyphenation: no‧men‧kla‧tu‧ra

Noun

nomenklatúra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling номенклату́ра)

1. nomenclature

Declension