Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 75988 6892813 2009-06-27T03:12:16Z AutoFormat 32732 -{{top}} +{{trans-top}} ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|la}} {{term|associationem|associātiōnem}}, from {{term|associare|associāre}} (perhaps via {{etyl|fr}} {{term|association|lang=fr}}). ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|RP}} {{IPA|/əˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/}}, {{SAMPA|/@%s@USi"eIS@n/}} * {{a|GenAm}} {{IPA|/əˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/}}, {{SAMPA|/@%soUSi"eIS@n/}} * {{audio|En-us-association.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|eɪʃǝn}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # The act of [[associating]]. # The state of being [[associated]]. # A [[group]] of persons [[associated]] for a common purpose; an [[organization]]; [[society]]. # A [[connection]] to or an [[affiliation]] with something. ====Derived terms==== * [[guilt by association]] ====Related terms==== * [[associate]] ''verb'' * [[associational]] ''adjective'' ====Translations==== {{trans-top}} * Albanian: [[asociacion]] * Czech: {{t-|cs|sdružení|n}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vereniging}} * Esperanto: [[asocio]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhdistys}} * French: {{t+|fr|association}} * German: [[Vereinigung]] {{trans-mid}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|התקשרות|hitkashrut}} (1,2) * [[Ido]]: [[asociuro]] * Irish: {{t-|ga|cumann|m|xs=Irish}} * Japanese: [[協会]] (kyōkai) * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|associação|f}} * Russian: {{t|ru|ассоциация|f|tr=associácija|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|asociación|f}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==French== ===Etymology=== From {{term|associer}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-association.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|lang=fr|/a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃/}}, {{SAMPA|/a.sO.sja.sjO~/}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|f}} # [[association#English|association]], [[society]], [[group]] # {{context|commercial|economic}} [[partnership]] # [[#English|association]] (of related terms, ideas etc.), [[combination]] [[ar:association]] [[zh-min-nan:association]] [[de:association]] [[et:association]] [[el:association]] [[fa:association]] [[fr:association]] [[ko:association]] [[io:association]] [[id:association]] [[it:association]] [[hu:association]] [[ja:association]] [[pl:association]] [[ru:association]] [[fi:association]] [[ta:association]] [[te:association]] [[tr:association]] [[vi:association]] [[zh:association]]