"KGB" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: KGB US.ogg Forms: the KGB [canonical]
Etymology: From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|КГБ}} Russian КГБ (KGB) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the KGB}} the KGB
  1. (historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service). Tags: historical Categories (topical): Espionage Categories (place): Belarus, Soviet Union Translations (Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union): كَي جِي بِي (kay jī bī) [masculine] (Arabic), كَاي جِي بِي (kāy jī bī) [masculine] (Arabic), ՊԱԿ (PAK) (Armenian), DTK (Azerbaijani), КДБ (KDB) [masculine] (Belarusian), কেজিবি (kejibi) (Bengali), КГБ (KGB) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 克格勃 (kègébó) (Chinese Mandarin), KGB [masculine] (French), სუკ (suḳ) (Georgian), KGB [masculine] (German), ק.ג.ב. (ka ge be) [masculine] (Hebrew), केजीबी (kejībī) (Hindi), カーゲーベー (kāgēbē) (Japanese), ケージービー (kējībī) (Japanese), កាហ្សេបេ (kaa zee bee) (Khmer), 카게베 (kagebe) (Korean), 케이지비 (keijibi) (Korean), МКК (MKK) (Kyrgyz), VDK [masculine] (Latvian), КГБ (KGB) [masculine] (Macedonian), УАХХ (UAXX) (Mongolian), KGB [masculine, neuter] (Polish), KGB [feminine] (Portuguese), КГБ (KGB) [masculine] (Russian), KGB [masculine] (Spanish), KGB (Swedish), DHK (Turkmen), КДБ (KDB) [masculine] (Ukrainian), DXO (Uzbek), קאַגעבע (kagebe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-KGB-en-name-qZf9nGGS Disambiguation of Espionage: 71 18 11 Disambiguation of Belarus: 52 47 1 Disambiguation of Soviet Union: 96 3 0 Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union': 99 1
  2. The security service of Belarus. Categories (place): Belarus Translations (security service of Belarus): КДБ (KDB) [masculine] (Belarusian), 克格勃 (Kègébó) (Chinese Mandarin), KGB [masculine, neuter] (Polish), КГБ (KGB) [masculine] (Russian), КДБ (KDB) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-KGB-en-name-dcdUOELw Disambiguation of Belarus: 52 47 1 Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'security service of Belarus': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: FSB, NKVD, Cheka
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: KGB US.ogg Forms: KGBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KGB (plural KGBs)
  1. (electronics) Initialism of known good board. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: known good board Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-KGB-en-noun-mJ-8SnL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 4 78 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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