union

See also Union, the Union, and unión

English

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Etymology

From Old French union, from Late Latin unionem, from Latin ūnus (“one”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjuːnjən/

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Noun

union (plural unions)

1. The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
2. That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.

   a trade union

3. A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
4. (set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
5. The act or state of marriage.
6. Sexual intercourse.
7. (computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
8. (now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.3:

     Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and [...] an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold [...].

Derived terms

• banjo union
• enterprise union
• trades union, trade union
• union card
• unionised, unionized
• European Union
• Soviet Union

Translations

the act of uniting or the state of being united

Armenian: (act) միավորում (hy) (miavorum), (state) միություն (hy) (miut’yun) Finnish: liittäminen (fi), liitos (fi) (act); liitto (fi) (state) Galician: unión (gl) f. German: Vereinigung (de) f., Union (de) f. Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f., σύνδεσμος (el) (sýndesmos) m. Italian: unione (it) f.

Japanese: 結合 (ja) (けつごう, ketsugō) Latin: adūnātiō (la) f. Romanian: unire (ro), unitate (ro) f. Russian: соединение (ru) (sojedin'énije) m., объединение (ru) (objedin'énije) m., слияние (ru) (slijánije) m. Spanish: unión (es) f.

that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun) Chinese: Dungan: лянбон Finnish: liitto (fi) Galician: unión (gl) f. German: Vereinigung (de) f., Union (de) f. Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f., σύνδεσμος (el) (sýndesmos) m. Japanese: (regions) 連邦 (ja) (renpō); (group) 同盟 (ja) (dōmei)

Latin: societās (la) f., ūniō (la) f. Romanian: unire (ro), uniune (ro) Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m., соединение (ru) (sojedin'énije) m., объединение (ru) (objedin'énije) m. Scottish Gaelic: aonadh (gd) m. Spanish: unión (es) f.

joint

Finnish: liitos (fi) Greek: αρμός (el) (armós) f., άρθρωση (el) (árthrosi) f., ένωση (el) (énosi) f., σύνδεσμος (el) (sýndesmos) m.

Japanese: ユニオン継ぎ手 (ja) (ユニオンつぎて, yunion tsugite) Russian: муфта (ru) (múfta) f. Swahili: shirikisho (sw)

in set theory

Armenian: միավորում (hy) (miavorum) Chinese: trad. 併集, simpl. 并集 (pinyin: bìngjí) Czech: sjednocení (cs) n. Dutch: vereniging (nl) Esperanto: kunaĵo Finnish: yhdiste (fi), unioni (fi) French: réunion f. German: Vereinigung (de) f., Vereinigungsmenge (de) f.

Hebrew: איחוד (he) Icelandic: sammengi (is) Italian: unione (it) f. Japanese: 和集合 (ja) Polish: unia (pl) f. Russian: объединение множеств (objedin'énije mnóžestv) n. Swahili: shirikisho (sw) Swedish: union (sv)

marriage

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun) Finnish: avioliitto (fi), liitto (fi) Greek: σύζευξη (el) (sýzefksi) f., γάμος (el) (gámos) m. Japanese: 結婚 (ja) (けっこん, kekkon)

Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m. Swahili: shirikisho (sw) Swedish: förening (sv) c.

sexual intercourse

Chinese: 交合 Dutch: gemeenschap (nl) Finnish: yhdyntä (fi) German: Vereinigung (de) f.

Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f., συνουσία (el) (synousía) f. Indonesian: penyatuan (id) Japanese: 性交 (ja) (せいこう, seikō) Swahili: shirikisho (sw)

computing: certain data structure

Japanese: 共用体 (ja) (きょうようたい, kyōyōtai)

Russian: объединение (ru) (objedin'énije) m.

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Arabic: اتحاد (ar) (ittiHaad) m. Mandarin: trad. 聯盟, simpl. 联盟 (pinyin: liánméng), trad. 聯合, simpl. 联合 (pinyin: liánhé) Dutch: unie (nl) French: union (fr) f. German: Union (de) f. Hungarian: egyesülés (hu) Icelandic: samband (is) Italian: unione (it) f.

Korean: 연맹 (yeonmaeng) Kurdish: Sorani: یه‌کێتی (ku) (yekéti) Portuguese: união (pt) f. Serbo-Croatian: savez (sr) m. Swahili: shirikisho (sw) Swedish: union (sv)

Related terms

• reunion
• reunification
• unify
• unity

See also

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• iunno

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Esperanto

Noun

union

1. accusative singular of unio

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin unionem (nominative: unio).

Pronunciation

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Noun

union f. (plural unions)

1. an union

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

union c.

1. a union (a body with many members)

Declension

Declension of union

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	union	unionen	unioner	unionerna
genitive	unions	unionens	unioners	unionernas

Related terms

• unionsupplösning

See also

• fackförening
• federation
• förbund
• förening
• kår
• studentkår

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian unione

Noun

union f. inv.

1. union