different between brotherhood vs organisation

English

Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother +? -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English br?þorr?den (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +? -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• Hyphenation: broth?er?hood

Noun

brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)

1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
   • 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas

     a brotherhood of venerable trees

Synonyms

• fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Hypernyms

• (state): siblinghood

Translations

See also

• sisterhood

Further reading

• brotherhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brotherhood in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brotherhood at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Alternative forms

• organization (American)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).??n.a??ze?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????n??ze???n/

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. (British spelling, Australian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of organization.

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

French

Etymology

organiser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a.ni.za.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• ? German: Organisation
• ? Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organisation c

1. an organization; a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

Declension

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation