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# How to pronounce "subbotnik" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/sʌbbɒtnɪk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **sub·bot·nik**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A Saturday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia.
  - *Example*: "In any society there are the mavericks and you will find them among the Soviet students too—just as you will find the committed Komsomol activists, who take the attendance register, organise the subbotniki (the cleaning-up of the hostels and yards), run the student council, organise political meetings and write references for job applicants).^([sic])"
- One who took part in this work.
  - *Example*: "Though the individual was the initiator, his or her success enlisted others in group movements, such as the Subbotniks, who in 1919 gave every Saturday (Subbota) without pay to work on the railroads, repairing cars and engines and loading freight; […]"

### Example Sentences
- "In any society there are the mavericks and you will find them among the Soviet students too—just as you will find the committed Komsomol activists, who take the attendance register, organise the subbotniki (the cleaning-up of the hostels and yards), run the student council, organise political meetings and write references for job applicants).^([sic])"
- "Though the individual was the initiator, his or her success enlisted others in group movements, such as the Subbotniks, who in 1919 gave every Saturday (Subbota) without pay to work on the railroads, repairing cars and engines and loading freight; […]"
- "called subbotnik lives on a park on the Eastern side of Moscow the women wielding shovels here"

### Common Phrases
- subbotnik lives
- subbotnik former

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (5 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "subbotnik" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "need the Soviet Union may be history but Lenin's voluntary work stin on Saturday called subbotnik lives on a park on the Eastern side of Moscow the women wielding shovels here are from the municipal Administration one of them Arina experienced her first subotnik as a student I think there was more"
- **Watch at 1:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxQx1yJCNs&t=114s)

### Example 2
> "they're demonstrating Community spirit and patriotism it's good for our nation good for patriotism which Russia needs today the subbotnik is more than 90 years old and has outlived Lenin and the Soviet Union and it isn't going out of fashion in the Russia of today either"
- **Watch at 3:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxQx1yJCNs&t=223s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "falsify music and music history uh what subbotnik in 1980 called"
- **Watch at 26:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uxIZgVHjdk&t=1602s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "board musicology today uh even subbotnik former critics Now read him and teach him uh but he's merely joined Beethoven as another worshiped personality uh"
- **Watch at 27:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uxIZgVHjdk&t=1663s)

### Example 5
> "called subbotnik lives on a park on the Eastern side of Moscow the women wielding shovels here are from the municipal Administration one of them Arina experienced her first subotnik as a student I think there was more enthusiasm back then it was spontaneous we cleaned up the neighborhood no one was pressured to help but times change today people are"
- **Watch at 2:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxQx1yJCNs&t=124s)


## How to Pronounce "subbotnik"

- **Syllables**: sub · bot · nik
- **IPA**: `/sʌbbɒtnɪk/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[sub](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sub), [suba](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/suba), [subabbot](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subabbot), [subabdominal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subabdominal), [subability](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subability), [subabortive](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subabortive), [subabsolute](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subabsolute), [subabul](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/subabul)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “subbotnik”?
“subbotnik” is pronounced /sʌbbɒtnɪk/ (sub · bot · nik). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “subbotnik”?
“subbotnik” has 3 syllables: sub · bot · nik.

### What does “subbotnik” mean?
A Saturday designated for community volunteer work, such as cleaning the streets, after the October Revolution in Russia.

### How can I hear “subbotnik” used in real sentences?
This page has 5 real-world video examples of “subbotnik” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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