union

See also Union, and unión

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

union (plural unions)

(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
(uncountable) The state of being united or joined.
(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.
a trade union
(countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
(countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
(countable) The act or state of marriage.
(uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
(countable, computing) A data structure that can store any of various items, but only one at a time.
(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

Translations

the act of uniting or the state of being united

Afrikaans: unie (af)
Albanian: bashkim (sq)
Arabic: اتحاد (ar) (ittiḥād) m
Armenian: (act) միավորում (hy) (miavorum), (state) միություն (hy) (miut’yun)
Azeri: ittifaq (az)
Belarusian: саюз (be) (sajúz) m
Bulgarian: съюз (bg) (sǎjúz) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聯盟 (cmn), 联盟 (cmn) (liánméng), 聯合 (cmn), 联合 (cmn) (liánhé), 同盟 (cmn) (tóngméng)
Czech: unie (cs) f, svaz (cs) m, sjednocení (cs) n
Danish: union (da) c
Dutch: unie (nl) f
Estonian: liit (et)
Finnish: liittäminen (fi), liitos (fi) (act); liitto (fi) (state), liitto (fi)
French: union (fr) f
Galician: unión (gl) f
Georgian: კავშირი (ka) (kavširi)
German: Vereinigung (de) f, Union (de) f
Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f, σύνδεσμος (el) (sýndesmos) m
Hindi: संघ (hi) (saṅgh)
Hungarian: unió (hu)
Indonesian: uni (id)
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 (kk) (birlik)
Korean: 연맹 (ko) (yeonmaeng) (聯盟 (ko)), 동맹 (ko) (dongmaeng) (同盟 (ko))

Latin: adūnātiō (la) f, uniō (la) f
Latvian: savienība (lv) f
Lithuanian: sąjunga (lt) f
Macedonian: сојуз (mk) (sójuz) m, унија (mk) (únija) f
Malay: kesatuan (ms)
Norwegian: union (no) c
Persian: اتحاد (fa) (ettehâd)
Polish: unia (pl) f, związek (pl) m, sojusz (pl) m
Portuguese: união (pt) f
Romanian: unire (ro), unitate (ro) f, uniune (ro) f
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, соединение (ru) (sojedinénije) m, объединение (ru) (obʺjedinénije) m, слияние (ru) (slijánije) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: савез (sh) m, унија (sh) f

Roman: savez (sh) m, unija (sh) f
Slovak: únia (sk) f, zväz (sk) m
Slovene: unija (sl) f
Spanish: unión (es) f
Swedish: union (sv) c
Tajik: иттиҳод (tg) (ittihod)
Tatar: бердәмлек (tt) (berdämlek), берлек (tt) (berlek)
Thai: สหภาพ (th) (sà-hà-pâap)
Turkish: birlik (tr)
Turkmen: ittifoq (tk), birlik (tk)
Ukrainian: союз (uk) (sojúz) m
Urdu: اتحاد (ur) (ittihād)
Uzbek: ittifoq (uz)
Vietnamese: liên minh (vi), liên bang (vi)

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

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun)
Chinese:
Dungan: лянбон (ljanbon)

Mandarin: 聯盟 (cmn), 联盟 (cmn) (liánméng)
Finnish: liitto (fi)
Galician: unión (gl) f
German: Vereinigung (de) f, Union (de) f
Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f, σύνδεσμος (el) (sýndesmos) m

Japanese: (regions) 連邦 (ja) (renpō); (group) 同盟 (ja) (dōmei)
Latin: societās (la) f, ūniō (la) f
Romanian: unire (ro), uniune (ro)
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, соединение (ru) (sojedin'énije) m, объединение (ru) (objedin'énije) m
Scottish Gaelic: aonadh (gd) m
Spanish: unión (es) f

joint

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

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

in set theory

Armenian: միավորում (hy) (miavorum)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 併集 (cmn), 并集 (cmn) (bìngjí)
Czech: sjednocení (cs) n
Dutch: vereniging (nl)
Esperanto: kunaĵo
Finnish: yhdiste (fi), unioni (fi)
French: réunion f
German: Vereinigung (de) f, Vereinigungsmenge (de) f
Hebrew: איחוד (he)

Icelandic: sammengi (is)
Italian: unione (it) f
Japanese: 和集合 (ja) (わしゅうごう, washūgō)
Polish: unia (pl) f
Russian: объединение множеств (obʺjedinénije mnóžestv) n
Spanish: unión (es) f
Swahili: shirikisho (sw)
Swedish: union (sv)

marriage

Armenian: միություն (hy) (miut’yun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 婚姻 (cmn) (hūnyīn), 結婚 (cmn), 结婚 (cmn) (jiéhūn)
Finnish: avioliitto (fi), liitto (fi)
Greek: σύζευξη (el) (sýzefksi) f, γάμος (el) (gámos) m

Japanese: 結婚 (ja) (けっこん, kekkon)
Russian: союз (ru) (sojúz) m, брачный союз (ru) (bráčnyj sojúz) m, брак (ru) (brak) m, бракосочетание (ru) (brakosočetánije) n
Swahili: shirikisho (sw)
Swedish: förening (sv) c

sexual intercourse

Chinese:
Mandarin: 性交 (cmn) (xìngjiāo), 交合 (cmn) (jiāohé)
Dutch: gemeenschap (nl)
Finnish: yhdyntä (fi)
German: Vereinigung (de) f

Greek: ένωση (el) (énosi) f, συνουσία (el) (synousía) f
Indonesian: penyatuan (id)
Japanese: 性交 (ja) (せいこう, seikō)
Russian: сношение (ru) (snošénije) n, совокупление (ru) (sovokuplénije) n
Swahili: shirikisho (sw)

computing: certain data structure

Japanese: 共用体 (ja) (きょうようたい, kyōyōtai)

Russian: объединение (ru) (obʺjedinénije) m

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