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union
English
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/
Noun
union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Synonyms
- junction, coalition, combination
Derived terms
Related terms
- reunion
- reunification
- unify
- unity
Translations
Verb
union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
- intersection
- Wikipedia article about unions in set theory
Anagrams
- iunno
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uni?o?n/
Noun
union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
- union
Inflection
Derived terms
- personalunion
- realunion
Further reading
- “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ni?on
Noun
union m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) A trade union.
- Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nj??/
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Union
Further reading
- “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??u?n/
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Related terms
- unir
References
- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Proper noun
union f (nominative singular union)
- Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
Synonyms
- Trinité
Descendants
- English: union
- French: union
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union
- union
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üniun
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?nju?/
Noun
union f (plural union)
- union
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
Derived terms
- unionsupplösning
See also
- fackförening
- federation
- förbund
- förening
- kår
- studentkår
Further reading
- union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?njo?/
Noun
union f (invariable)
- union
Related terms
- unir
Welsh
Etymology
un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nj?n/
- Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.
Adjective
union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- exact
Derived terms
- unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)
Mutation
union From the web:
- what union is ups
- what union was involved in the homestead strike
- what union was involved in the pullman strike
- what union means
- what union states allowed slavery
- what unions are there
- what union am i in
community
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin comm?nit?s (“community; public spirit”), from comm?nis (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -it?s (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh?ts (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being”)). Comm?nis is derived from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (from cum (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + m?nus (“employment, office, service; burden, duty, obligation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange”)). Doublet of communitas.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??mju?n?ti/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: k?-myo?o?n?-ti, IPA(key): /k(?)?mjun?ti/, [k(?)?mjun??i]
- Hyphenation: com?mun?i?ty
Noun
community (countable and uncountable, plural communities)
- (countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
- (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
- (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
- (countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
- (uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
- (countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
- (Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
Alternative forms
- communitie (obsolete)
Antonyms
- anticommunity
- noncommunity
Hyponyms
- subcommunity
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- community at OneLook Dictionary Search
- community in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "community" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 75.
- community in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- community on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- community (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Community (Wales) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
community From the web:
- what community am i in
- what community do i live in
- what community do i belong to
- what community character am i
- what community means
- what community board am i in
- what community colleges are near me
- what community service can i do
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