condominium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin condominium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒn.dəˈmɪn.ɪ.əm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/
- Hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um
Noun edit
condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)
- 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.
- A region or territory under such rule.
- (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.]
- (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
- The legal tenure involved.
Synonyms edit
- (US, Canada, building): condo building
- (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata
- (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)
Derived terms edit
- (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)
- barndominium
- condo-hotel
- condop
- dockominium
Translations edit
joint sovereignty over a territory
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building in which each unit is owned by an individual, but the grounds is owned jointly
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the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate
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unit or apartment in such a complex
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
condominium m (plural condominiums)
- condominium (all senses)
Further reading edit
- “condominium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.doˈmi.ni.um/, [kɔn̪d̪ɔˈmɪniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.doˈmi.ni.um/, [kon̪d̪oˈmiːnium]
Noun edit
condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension
- condominium, joint sovereignty
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 edit
- Galician: Condomiña (place name)
Romanian edit
Noun edit
condominium n (plural condominiumuri)
- Obsolete form of condominiu.
Declension edit
Declension of condominium
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) condominium | condominiumul | (niște) condominiumuri | condominiumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) condominium | condominiumului | (unor) condominiumuri | condominiumurilor |
vocative | condominiumule | condominiumurilor |
References edit
- condominium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN