community

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Etymology

From Old French communité, from Classical Latin communitas, from commūnis (“common”). Cognates include French communauté.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /k(ə)ˈmjunəti/, /k(ə)ˈmjunəɾi/

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Noun

Wikipedia community (plural communities)

1. A group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law. See civilization.
   • Hallam

     Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community.

   • Wordsworth

     Creatures that in communities exist.

2. A commune, or residential or religious collective.
3. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
4. (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
5. (Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes; a virtual community.
6. (obsolete) Common possession or enjoyment; participation.

   a community of goods

   • John Locke

     The original community of all things.

   • Washington Irving

     An unreserved community of thought and feeling.

7. (obsolete) common character; likeness.
   • H. Spencer

     The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.

8. (obsolete) commonness; frequency
   • Shakespeare

     Eyes […] sick and blunted with community.

Related terms

Related terms

common commonalty communal commune

communication communism communist

Derived terms

• community service
• community spirit

Translations

group of people sharing a common understanding

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: общество (bg) (óbštestvo) n
• Catalan: comunitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社團 (cmn), 社团 (cmn) (shètuán)

• Czech: společenství (cs) n, komunita (cs) f
• Dutch: gemeenschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Extremaduran: comuniá f
• Finnish: yhteisö (fi)
• French: communauté (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gemeinschaft (de) f, Gesellschaft (de) f, Community (de) f (internet)
• Greek: κοινότητα (el) (koinótita) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: समुदाय (hi), समाज (hi)
• Interlingua: communitate (ia)
• Irish: cumann (ga) m
• Italian: comunità (it) f
• Japanese: コミュニティ (ja) (komyuniti)
• Kalenjin: jamii, jamii
• Kamba: njamii
• Kikuyu: ado

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: communitas (la) f
• Lithuanian: bendruomenė (lt) f
• Luhya: ejamii
• Maltese: komunità (mt) f
• Maori: hapori (mi)
• Meru: banto
• Norwegian: samfunn (no) n
• Polish: społeczność (pl) f
• Portuguese: comunidade (pt) f
• Romanian: comunitate (ro) f
• Russian: сообщество (ru) (soóbščestvo) n, общество (ru) (óbščestvo) n, община (ru) (obščína) f, коммуна (ru) (kommúna) f, (neologism or slang) комьюнити (ru) (kom'júniti) f (indeclinable)
• Scots: commonty
• Scottish Gaelic: poball (gd) m, coimhearsnachd (gd) f
• Slovene: skupnost (sl) f
• Spanish: comunidad (es) f
• Swahili: jamii (sw), jamaa (sw)
• Swedish: samhälle (sv) n
• Thai: ประชาคม (th) (bpràchaa kom)
• Turkish: cemiyet (tr), (legal) toplum (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

commune or residential/religious collective

• Arabic: ملّة (ar) (milla)
• Bulgarian: колония (bg) (kolonija) f, комуна (bg) (komuna)
• Catalan: comunitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社群 (cmn) (shèqún)

• Czech: komunita (cs) f
• Dutch: commune (nl), gemeenschap (nl) f
• Esperanto: komunumo (eo)
• Finnish: yhteisö (fi), kommuuni (fi)
• German: Gemeinde (de) f
• Hebrew: קהילה (he) f
• Italian: comunità (it) f

• Luhya: jamii
• Maltese: komunità (mt) f
• Polish: wspólnota (pl) f
• Portuguese: comunidade (pt) f
• Romanian: comunitate (ro) f
• Russian: сообщество (ru) (soóbščestvo) n, коммуна (ru) (kommúna) f
• Scottish Gaelic: coimhearsnachd (gd) f
• Slovene: skupnost (sl) f, komuna (sl) f
• Swahili: jamii (sw)
• Swedish: samfund (sv) n, kollektiv (sv) n, bostadskollektiv (sv) n
• Turkish: cemaat (tr), ümmet (tr)

condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common

• Catalan: comunitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社群 (cmn) (shèqún)

• Czech: spolunáležitost f
• Dutch: gemeenschap (nl) f
• Finnish: yhteisöllisyys (fi)
• German: Gemeinschaft (de) f

• Italian: comunanza (it) f
• Maori: hapori (mi)
• Portuguese: comunidade (pt) f
• Romanian: comunitate (ro) f
• Slovene: skupnost (sl) f
• Swahili: jamii (sw)
• Swedish: gemenskap (sv) c
• Turkish: topluluk (tr)

(ecologycommunity): group of interdependent organisms

• Bulgarian: колония (bg) (kolonija)
• Catalan: comunitat (ca) f
• Dutch: gemeenschap (nl) f
• Finnish: yhdyskunta (fi), eliöyhteisö (fi)
• Italian: comunità (it) f

• Portuguese: comunidade (pt) f
• Romanian: comunitate (ro) f
• Swahili: jamii (sw)
• Swedish: samhälle (sv) n, organismsamhälle (sv) n
• Turkish: topluluk (tr)

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• Arabic: جماعة f, جالية f
• Ewe: ha
• French: communauté f
• Hebrew: קהילה (qehila) f
• Indonesian: kelompok, komunitas
• Norwegian: samfunn n

• Romanian: comunitate f
• Sicilian: cumunità f
• Spanish: comunidad f
• Swedish: samfund c, sammanslutning c, samhälle c, gemenskap c
• Telugu: సమాజం (samaajam)
• Thai: ชุมชน (chūm chon)

References

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