committee

English

Etymology

(Can we verify this etymology?) Anglo-Norman comité, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”).

Pronunciation

group of persons

• enPR: kə-mĭtʹē, IPA: [kəˈmɪt.i], SAMPA: /k@"mIt.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɪti

person in charge of another

• (UK) IPA: [kɒmɪˈtiː], SAMPA: /kQmIt"i:/
• Rhymes: -iː
• (US) enPR: käm-ĭ-tēʹ, IPA: [kɑmɪˈtiː], SAMPA: /kAmIt"i:/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Wikipedia committee (plural committees)

1. a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
2. (archaic) a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Derived terms

• committeeman
• committeeperson
• committeewoman
• subcommittee

Translations

group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose

Arabic: لجنة (ar) (laǧnah) f. Bulgarian: комитет (bg) m., комисия (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 委員會 (cmn), 委员会 (cmn) (wěiyuánhuì) Czech: výbor (cs) m., komise (cs) f. Dutch: comité (nl) n. Finnish: komitea (fi) French: comité (fr) m., commission (fr) f. German: Komitee (de) n., Ausschuß (de) m. Hebrew: ועדה (va'ada) f. Hungarian: bizottság (hu) Indonesian: komite, panitia, panitera Interlingua: committee Irish: coiste (ga) m. Italian: comitato (it) m.

Japanese: 委員会 (いいんかい, iinkai) Korean: 위원회 (wiwonhoe) Kurdish: komîte (ku) f., deste (ku) f., lijne (ku) f., kom (ku) f. Malaysian Sign Language: jawatankuasa Polish: komitet (pl) m. Portuguese: comité (pt) m. Russian: комитет (ru) m., комиссия (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: comataidh (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: časništvo n. Slovene: komite m. Spanish: comité (es) m. Swahili: kamitii (sw) Turkish: kurul (tr) Volapük: komitetanef

archaic: someone in charge of another

French: tuteur (fr) m., gardien (fr) m., curateur (fr) m. Hebrew: ממונה (he) (memuné) m.

Russian: опекун (ru) m. Swahili: kamitii (sw)