village

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Etymology

Middle French village, from Medieval Latin villagium, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ˈvɪləd͡ʒ/
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  • (US) IPA: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
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Noun

village (plural villages)

  1. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
    There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, The Dust of Conflict[1]:
      [] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, []
  2. (UK) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
  3. (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

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French

Pronunciation

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  • IPA: /vilaʒ/

Noun

village m (plural villages)

  1. village

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village m (plural villages)

  1. village
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