membership

English

Etymology

From member +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

membership (countable and uncountable, plural memberships)

1. The state of being a member of a group or organization.

   The terms of membership agreement were vague.

   He has memberships in clubs in three cities.

2. The body of members of an organization.

   The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.

3. (mathematics) The fact of being a member of a set.

Derived terms

• membership card
• membership function

Translations

fact of being a member

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: чле́нства n (čljénstva)
• Bulgarian: чле́нство n (člénstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 會籍／会籍 (zh) (huìjí), 会籍 (zh) (huìjí), 會員身份／会员身份, 会员身份 (huìyuán shēnfèn), 會員／会员 (zh) (huìyuán), 会员 (zh) (huìyuán)

• Czech: členství (cs) n
• Danish: medlemskab (da) n
• Dutch: lidmaatschap (nl) n
• Esperanto: anaro (eo), membreco
• Estonian: liikmelisus
• Finnish: jäsenyys (fi)
• French: adhésion (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Mitgliedschaft (de) f
• Hebrew: חברות (he) f
• Hungarian: tagság (hu)
• Ido: membreso (io)
• Indonesian: keanggotaan (id)
• Irish: ballraíocht f, comhaltas m
• Japanese: メンバーシップ (menbāshippu), 会員 (ja) (かいいん, kai'in)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Macedonian: членство n (členstvo)
• Maori: mematanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: medlemskap (no) n

  Nynorsk: medlemskap m or n

• Polish: członkostwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: associação (pt) f, sociedade (pt) f
• Romanian: apartenență (ro) f
• Russian: чле́нство (ru) n (člénstvo)
• Scottish Gaelic: ballrachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: члaнство n, члaнapинство n

  Roman: članstvo (sh) n, članarinstvo n

• Slovak: členstvo n
• Slovene: članstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: membresía (es) f
• Swahili: uanachama
• Swedish: medlemskap (sv) n
• Thai: สมาชิกภาพ (th) (sà-maa-chík-gà-pâap)
• Ukrainian: чле́нство n (člénstvo)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

body of members

• Esperanto: membraro, membreco
• Finnish: jäsenistö (fi), jäsenkunta
• German: Mitgliederschaft f
• Greek: μέλη (el) n pl (méli)
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• Irish: ballra m, na baill m pl
• Japanese: 会員 (ja)
• Maori: rōpū mema
• Portuguese: membro (pt), corpo do membro

in set theory

• Danish: medlemskab (da)
• Finnish: kuuluminen (fi)
• French: appartenance (fr) f
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• German: Zugehörigkeit (de) f
• Romanian: apartenență (ro) f
• Russian: принадле́жность (ru) f (prinadléžnostʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 會員資格／会员资格, ^{(please verify)} 会员资格
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 회원 (ko) (hoewon)