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.

Derived terms

• kibbutznik

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)
• Hungarian: kibuc (hu)
• 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)

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Portuguese

Noun

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

1. Alternative spelling of kibutz