community
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /k(ə)ˈmjunəti/, /k(ə)ˈmjunəɾi/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Audio (CA)help, file
[edit] Etymology
From Old French communité (French: communauté), which is derived from Classical Latin communitas. [1]
[edit] Noun
|
Singular |
Plural |
community (plural communities)
- Group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization).
- Commune or residential/religious collective.
- The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
- (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
- (Virtual) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes. (see virtual_community).
[edit] Translations
group of people sharing a common understanding
|
|
commune or residential/religious collective
|
condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common
|
ecology: group of interdependent organisms
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
|
|
[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ "community, n." OED Online. July 2009. Oxford University Press <http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50045241>.