kibbutz

English

Etymology

From Hebrew קיבוץ (kibúts), derived from the radix קבץ (kavatz).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɪˈbʊts/, /kɪˈbuːts/

  Rhymes: -ʊts, -uːts

Noun

kibbutz (plural kibbutzim or kibbutzes)

1. A community, usually a village, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

Translations

a community

• Arabic: كيبوتس (ar) (kibūts) m
• Catalan: quibuts (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基布茲 (cmn), 基布兹 (cmn) (jībùcí)

• Esperanto: kibuco (eo)
• Estonian: kibuts
• Finnish: kibbutsi (fi)
• French: kibboutz (fr) m

• German: Kibbuz (de) m
• Greek: κιμπούτς (el) (kimpoúts) n
• Hebrew: קִבּוּץ (he) (kibbutz)
• Japanese: キブツ (ja) (kibutsu)
• Korean: 키부츠 (ko) (kibucheu)
• Polish: kibuc (pl) m
• Russian: кибуц (ru) (kibúc) m
• Spanish: kibutz (es) m

Derived terms

• kibbutznik