"FSB" meaning in English

See FSB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} FSB
  1. Initialism of Federation of Small Businesses. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Federation of Small Businesses
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From Russian ФСБ (FSB), initialism of Федеральная Служба Безопасности (Federalʹnaja Služba Bezopasnosti, “Federal Security Service”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|ФСБ}} Russian ФСБ (FSB) Head templates: {{en-prop}} FSB
  1. (initialism, Russia, politics, espionage, law enforcement) The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Tags: Russia, initialism Coordinate_terms: SVR, GRU, KGB, NKVD Translations (Russian FSB): ԱԴԾ (english: ADC) (Armenian), ФСБ (FSB) (Bashkir), פס״ב (FSB) (Hebrew), FSB (Polish), ФСБ (FSB) [feminine] (Russian), ФСБ (FSB) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-FSB-en-name-OHC6PiIP Categories (other): Espionage, Law enforcement, Politics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Russian politics Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 40 39 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 43 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 41 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 31 40 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 31 40 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 34 35 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 31 40 29 Disambiguation of Russian politics: 0 100 0 Topics: espionage, government, law-enforcement, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: FSBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} FSB (plural FSBs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of front-side bus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: front-side bus
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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