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condominium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin condominium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)

  1. (international law) Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. [from 18th c.]
    The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a condominium ruled jointly by Egypt and the United Kingdom.
    • 2013, Clive H. Church, Randolph C. Head, A Concise History of Switzerland, Cambridge, page 76:
      The strategic location of the condominiums […] made them important for the Confederacy's territorial integrity even if they produced little revenue.
    1. A region or territory under such rule.
  2. (US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]
    Synonym: condo building
    1. (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.
    2. (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
      Synonym: condo
    3. The legal tenure involved.

Synonyms

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  • (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata

Derived terms

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Translations

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French

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Noun

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condominium m (plural condominiums)

  1. condominium (all senses)

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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con- +‎ dominium

Pronunciation

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Noun

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condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension

  1. condominium, joint sovereignty

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative condominium condominia
genitive condominiī
condominī1
condominiōrum
dative condominiō condominiīs
accusative condominium condominia
ablative condominiō condominiīs
vocative condominium condominia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • Galician: Condomiña (place name)

Romanian

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Noun

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condominium n (plural condominiumuri)

  1. Obsolete form of condominiu.

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative condominium condominiumul condominiumuri condominiumurile
genitive-dative condominium condominiumului condominiumuri condominiumurilor
vocative condominiumule condominiumurilor

References

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  • condominium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN