amenity

WOTD - 3 July 2011    

English

Alternative forms

• amœnity (archaic)

Etymology

From French aménité, from Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈmiːnəti/, /əˈmenəti/

Noun

amenity (plural amenities)

1. Pleasantness.

   We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.

2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

   All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.

3. Convenience.

Translations

pleasantness

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: amenitat (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 適宜 (cmn), 适宜 (cmn) (shìyí), 舒適 (cmn), 舒适 (cmn) (shūshì) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: miellyttävyys (fi) French: aménité (fr) f., agrément (fr) m. Georgian: სიამოვნება (ka) German: Annehmlichkeit (de) f., Anmut (de) f.

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: приятность (ru) f., мягкость (ru) f. Serbo-Croatian: udobnost (sh) Spanish: comodidad (es) f. Turkish: hoşluk (tr), tatlılık (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

something that makes life easier or more pleasant

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: comoditat (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: (explanatory) 令人舒適之物, 令人舒适之物 (lìng rén shūshì zhī wù), 令人舒適的設備, 令人舒适的设备 (lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: mukavuus (fi) French: commodité (fr) f. Georgian: კომფორტი (ka) German: Annehmlichkeit (de) f., Einrichtung (de) f., Freizeitanlage (de) f., öffentliche Einrichtung (de) f.

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: удобство (ru) n., (somewhat) комфортабельность (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: goireas (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: pogodnost (sh), udobnost (sh), komoditet (sh) Spanish: comodidad (es) f., servicio (es) m., servicio público (es) m., diversión (es) f. Turkish: tesis (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

convenience

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 便利 (cmn) (biànlì) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: mukavuus (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can

Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: удобство (ru) (udóbstvo) n. Serbo-Croatian: pogodnost (sh) Spanish: servicio (es) m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Bulgarian: любезност, вежливост Finnish: mukavuus, miellyttävyys Indonesian: kenyamanan Swedish: behaglighet, bekvämlighet Turkish: memnuniyet, rahatlik

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