hammer and sickle
/ˈhæ.mə.rən(d)ˌsɪ.kəl/US/ˈhæm.ɚ‿n̩‿sɪkl̩/
hammer and sickle noun: a depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
Noun
hammer and sickle (plural hammers and sickles)
- A depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
- He remembers the [train] journeys fondly—the vast expanses of the Soviet empire rolling by, the glasses of tea served in metal cup holders embossed with the hammer and sickle.2022 December 7, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
- Socialism or communism itself.
hammer and sickle meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Gujarati and Arabic
hammer and sickle in Hindi
- symbol of communism
- हथौड़ा और हँसिया hathauṛā aur hãsiyā
hammer and sickle in Telugu
- symbol of communism
- సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి sutti mariyu koḍavali
hammer and sickle in Gujarati
- hammer and sickle
- હથોડો અને દાતરડું hathŏṛo aně dātarṛũ
hammer and sickle in Arabic
- symbol of communism
- اَلْمِطْرَقَة وَالْمِنْجَل al-miṭraqa wa-l-minjal
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- hammer and sickle in Malay
- tukul dan sabit
- hammer and sickle in Indonesian
- palu arit
- hammer and sickle in Thai
- ค้อนเคียว kɔ́ɔn-kiao
- hammer and sickle in Vietnamese
- búa và liềm
- Dzongkha
- ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ zor.w dang thow
Forms of hammer and sickle
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Origin of hammer and sickle
The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers.
Words formed from hammer and sickle
Questions about hammer and sickle
- What does hammer and sickle mean?
- Hammer and sickle means a depiction of a sickle crossed with a hammer, used as a symbol of communism and the Soviet Union.
- What is hammer and sickle in Hindi?
- Hammer and sickle in Hindi is हथौड़ा और हँसिया (hathauṛā aur hãsiyā). See Hammer and sickle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hammer and sickle?
- Hammer and sickle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hammer and sickle?
- Hammer and sickle is pronounced /ˈhæ.mə.rən(d)ˌsɪ.kəl/.
- What is the plural of hammer and sickle?
- The plural of hammer and sickle is hammers and sickles.
Words near hammer and sickle in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hammer and sickle (page history and authors); હથોડો અને દાતરડું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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