kibbutz

English

Etymology

From Hebrew קִבּוּץ ‎(kibúts), derived from the radix קבץ ‎(kavatz, “to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈbʊts/, /kɪˈbuːts/

  Rhymes: -ʊts, -uːts

Noun

kibbutz ‎(plural kibbutzim or kibbutzes)

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

Translations

a community

• Arabic: كِيبُوتْس m ‎(kibuts), مُسْتَوْطَنَة زِرَاعِيَّة ‎(mustawṭana(t) zirāʿiyya)
• Catalan: quibuts m
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: kibboets (nl) m
• Esperanto: kibuco
• Estonian: kibuts
• Finnish: kibbutsi (fi)
• French: kibboutz (fr) m
• Galician: kibbutz (gl) m

• German: Kibbuz (de) m
• Greek: κιμπούτς (el) n ‎(kimpoúts)
• Hebrew: קִבּוּץ (he) ‎(kibbutz)
• Japanese: キブツ ‎(kibutsu)
• Korean: 키부츠 ‎(kibucheu)
• Polish: kibuc (pl) m
• Portuguese: kibutz (pt) m
• Russian: кибу́ц (ru) m ‎(kibúc)
• Spanish: kibutz m
• Turkish: kibbutz (tr)
• Yiddish: קיבוץ m ‎(kibuts)

Derived terms

• kibbutznik

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Portuguese

Noun

kibbutz m (plural kibbutzim or kibbutz (less common))

1. Alternative spelling of kibutz