kibbutz

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɪˈbʊts/

  Rhymes: -ʊts

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: كيبوتز (ar) (kibuutz) 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.

Derived terms

• kibbutznik