union

See also: Union and unión

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːnjən/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

union ‎(plural unions)

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
2. (uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
3. (countable) 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.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
11. (countable, 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 […].

Synonyms

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• junction, coalition, combination

Derived terms

Terms derived from union

• banjo union
• enterprise union
• European Union

• Soviet Union
• trades union, trade union

• union card
• unionised, unionized

Translations

the act of uniting or the state of being united

• Afrikaans: unie
• Albanian: bashkim (sq)
• Arabic: اِتِّحَاد (ar) m ‎(ittiḥād)
• Armenian: (act) միավորում (hy) ‎(miavorum), (state) միություն (hy) ‎(miutʿyun)
• Azeri: ittifaq
• Belarusian: саюз m ‎(sajúz)
• Bulgarian: съюз (bg) m ‎(sǎjúz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聯盟 (zh), 联盟 (zh) ‎(liánméng), 聯合 (zh), 联合 (zh) ‎(liánhé), 同盟 (zh) ‎(tóngméng)

• Czech: unie (cs) f, svaz (cs) m, sjednocení n
• Danish: union c
• Dutch: unie (nl) f
• Estonian: liit
• Finnish: liittäminen (fi), liitos (fi) (act), liitto (fi) (state)
• French: union (fr) f
• Galician: unión f
• Georgian: კავშირი ‎(ḳavširi)
• German: Vereinigung (de) f, Union (de) f
• Greek: ένωση (el) f ‎(énosi), σύνδεσμος (el) m ‎(sýndesmos)
• Hindi: संघ (hi) ‎(saṅgh)
• Hungarian: unió (hu)
• Indonesian: uni (id)
• Irish: aontas m
• Italian: unione (it) f
• Japanese: 結合 (ja) ‎(けつごう, ketsugō), 連邦 (ja) ‎(れんぽう, renpō), 聯盟 (ja) ‎(れんめい, renmei), 同盟 (ja) ‎(どうめい, dōmei)
• Kazakh: одақ (kk) ‎(odaq), бірлік ‎(birlik)
• Korean: 연맹 (ko) ‎(yeonmaeng) (聯盟 (ko)), 동맹 (ko) ‎(dongmaeng) (同盟 (ko))

• Latin: adūnātiō f, uniō (la) f
• Latvian: savienība f
• Lithuanian: sąjunga (lt) f
• Macedonian: сојуз m ‎(sójuz), унија f ‎(únija)
• Malay: kesatuan (ms)
• Norwegian: union c

  Bokmål: forening (no) m, f

• Persian: اتحاد (fa) ‎(ettehâd)
• Polish: unia (pl) f, związek (pl) m, sojusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: união (pt) f, junção (pt) f
• Romanian: unire (ro), unitate (ro) f, uniune (ro) f
• Russian: сою́з (ru) m ‎(sojúz), соедине́ние (ru) n ‎(sojedinénije), объедине́ние (ru) n ‎(obʺjedinénije), слия́ние (ru) n ‎(slijánije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: савез m, унија f

  Roman: savez (sh) m, unija (sh) f

• Slovak: únia f, zväz m, sväz m (obsolete)
• Slovene: unija f
• Spanish: unión (es) f
• Swedish: union (sv) c
• Tajik: иттиҳод ‎(ittihod)
• Tatar: бердәмлек (tt) ‎(berdämlek), берлек (tt) ‎(berlek)
• Thai: สหภาพ ‎(sà-hà-pâap)
• Turkish: birlik (tr)
• Turkmen: ittifoq, birlik (tk)
• Ukrainian: союз m ‎(sojúz)
• Urdu: اتحاد (ur) ‎(ittihād)
• Uzbek: ittifoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: liên minh (vi), liên bang (vi)
• Yiddish: פֿאַראיין m ‎(fareyn)

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

• Armenian: միություն (hy) ‎(miutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: съюз (bg) m ‎(sǎjúz)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: лянбон ‎(ljanbon)

  Mandarin: 聯盟 (zh), 联盟 (zh) ‎(liánméng)

• Czech: svaz (cs) m, svazek (cs) m, unie (cs) f
• Danish: forening c, union c
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• Finnish: liitto (fi)
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• Galician: unión f
• Georgian: კავშირი ‎(ḳavširi), გაერთიანება ‎(gaertianeba)
• German: Vereinigung (de) f, Union (de) f
• Greek: ένωση (el) f ‎(énosi), σύνδεσμος (el) m ‎(sýndesmos)
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• Indonesian: serikat (id)
• Irish: aontas m
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• Japanese: (regions) 連邦 (ja) ‎(renpō), (group) 同盟 (ja) ‎(dōmei)
• Khmer: សហពលកម្ម ‎(sa’ha’ pʊəllea’ kam), សង្គតិ (km) ‎(sɑŋkea’te’)

• Latin: societās f, ūniō (la) f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forening (no) m, f

• Persian: اتحادیه (fa) ‎(ettehâdiye)
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• Portuguese: união (pt) f
• Romanian: uniune (ro)
• Russian: сою́з (ru) m ‎(sojúz), соедине́ние (ru) n ‎(sojedinénije), объедине́ние (ru) n ‎(obʺjedinénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonadh m
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• Spanish: unión (es) f
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• Tagalog: kaisahan
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• Yiddish: פֿאַרבאַנד m ‎(farband), פֿאַראיין m ‎(fareyn)

trade union — see trade union

joint

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

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

in set theory

• Armenian: միավորում (hy) ‎(miavorum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 併集, 并集 ‎(bìngjí)

• Czech: sjednocení n
• Dutch: vereniging (nl)
• Esperanto: kunaĵo
• Finnish: yhdiste (fi), unioni (fi)
• French: réunion (fr) f
• German: Vereinigung (de) f, Vereinigungsmenge (de) f
• Hebrew: איחוד

• Icelandic: sammengi
• Irish: aontas m
• Italian: unione (it) f
• Japanese: 和集合 (ja) ‎(わしゅうごう, washūgō)
• Polish: suma (zbiorów) f, suma mnogościowa f
• Portuguese: união (pt) f
• Russian: объедине́ние мно́жеств n ‎(obʺjedinénije mnóžestv)
• Spanish: unión (es) f
• Swahili: shirikisho (sw)
• Swedish: union (sv)
• Tagalog: kaisahan

marriage

• Armenian: միություն (hy) ‎(miutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚姻 (zh) ‎(hūnyīn), 結婚 (zh), 结婚 (zh) ‎(jiéhūn)

• Finnish: avioliitto (fi), liitto (fi)
• Greek: σύζευξη (el) f ‎(sýzefxi), γάμος (el) m ‎(gámos)
• Japanese: 結婚 (ja) ‎(けっこん, kekkon)

• Portuguese: matrimónio (pt) m (Portugal), matrimônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: сою́з (ru) m ‎(sojúz), бра́чный сою́з m ‎(bráčnyj sojúz), брак (ru) m ‎(brak), бракосочета́ние (ru) n ‎(brakosočetánije)
• Swahili: shirikisho (sw)
• Swedish: förening (sv) c

sexual intercourse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性交 (zh) ‎(xìngjiāo), 交合 (zh) ‎(jiāohé)

• Dutch: gemeenschap (nl)
• Finnish: yhdyntä (fi)
• German: Vereinigung (de) f
• Greek: ένωση (el) f ‎(énosi), συνουσία (el) f ‎(synousía)

• Indonesian: penyatuan (id)
• Japanese: 性交 (ja) ‎(せいこう, seikō)
• Portuguese: sexo (pt) m
• Russian: сноше́ние (ru) n ‎(snošénije), совокупле́ние (ru) n ‎(sovokuplénije)
• Swahili: shirikisho (sw)

computing: certain data structure

• Japanese: 共用体 ‎(きょうようたい, kyōyōtai)

• Russian: объедине́ние (ru) n ‎(obʺjedinénije)

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} اِتِّحَاد (ar) m ‎(ittiḥād)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} unie (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} union (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Union (de) f
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} egyesülés (hu)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} samband (is)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} unione (it) f

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 연맹 (ko) ‎(yeonmaeng)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ^{(please verify)} یه‌کێتی ‎(yekéti)

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} savez (sh) m
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} shirikisho (sw)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} union (sv)

Related terms

• reunion
• reunification
• unify
• unity

See also

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

Verb

union ‎(third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)

1. To combine sets using the union operation.

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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Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English union.

Noun

union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)

1. a union

Inflection

Inflection of union

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	union	unionen	unioner	unionerne
genitive	unions	unionens	unioners	unionernes

Derived terms

• personalunion
• realunion

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Esperanto

Noun

union

1. accusative singular of unio

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French

Etymology

From Old French union, a borrowing from Late Latin ūniōnem, accusative singular of ūniō. Compare the inherited doublet oignon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

union f ‎(plural unions)

1. a union

External links

• “union” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin unio.

Proper noun

union f ‎(nominative singular union)

1. Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)

Synonyms

• Trinité

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Pronunciation

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Noun

union c

1. a union (a body with many members)

Declension

Inflection of union
	Singular		Plural
	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 ‎(invariable)

1. union

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Welsh

Etymology

un ‎(“one”) +‎ iawn ‎(“right, correct”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnjɔn/

Usage notes

• Despite being written as u, the initial vowel here is /ɪ/ in all parts of Wales.

Adjective

union ‎(feminine singular union, plural union)

1. exact

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
union	unchanged	unchanged	hunion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.