unite

See also: unité

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *éy

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Proto-Indo-European *-nós

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Latin -iō

Latin ūniō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin ūnītus

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Middle English uniten

English unite

From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: yo͞o-nītʹ, yo͝o-, IPA^(key): /juˈnaɪt/, /jʊˈnaɪt/, [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jʊˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jʊˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jəˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [jəˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚]

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Hyphenation: u‧nite

Verb

unite (third-person singular simple present unites, present participle uniting, simple past and past participle united)

1. (transitive) To bring together as one.

   The new government will try to unite the various factions.

   I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures.

2. (reciprocal) To come together as one.

   If we want to win, we will need to unite.

Conjugation

Conjugation of unite

infinitive	(to) unite
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	unite	united
2nd-person singular	unite, unitest†	united, unitedst†
3rd-person singular	unites, uniteth†	united
plural	unite
subjunctive	unite	united
imperative	unite	—
participles	uniting	united

^†Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• bewed
• join

 

Derived terms

• reunite
• united
• uniter

 

Related terms

• union
• unit
• unity

 

Translations

(transitive) to bring together as one

• Arabic: اِتَّحَدَ (ittaḥada), أَلَّفَ (ar) (ʔallafa)
• Armenian: միավորել (hy) (miavorel), միանալ (hy) (mianal), միացնել (hy) (miacʻnel)
• Aromanian: unescu, mpriunedz
• Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək (az)
• Belarusian: ядна́ць impf (jadnácʹ), аб'ядна́ць pf (abʺjadnácʹ)
• Bulgarian: обединя́вам (bg) impf (obedinjávam), обедини́ (bg) pf (obediní), съединявам (bg) (sǎedinjavam)
• Catalan: unir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結合／结合 (zh) (jiéhé)

• Cornish: unya
• Czech: sjednotit pf, spojit (cs) pf
• Danish: forene, sammenslutte
• Dutch: verenigen (nl)
• Egyptian: (jꜥb)
• Esperanto: unuigi
• Finnish: yhtyä (fi), yhdistyä (fi), liittyä yhteen (come together); yhdistää (fi), liittää yhteen (bring together)
• French: unir (fr)
• Friulian: unî
• German: vereinen (de)
• Greek: ενώνω (el) (enóno)
• Hungarian: egyesít (hu), egybeolvaszt (hu), összekapcsol (hu), összeköt (hu)
• Ido: unionar (io)
• Ingrian: yhistää
• Italian: unire (it)
• Japanese: 結合する (ja) (けつごうする, ketsugō suru)
• Korean: 결합하다 (ko) (gyeolhaphada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: یەک گرتن (yek girtin), یەک خستن (yek xistin)

• Ladino: unir, aunar, adjuntar, aguntar (Monastir)
• Latgalian: vīnumeiguot, saškiert, salaist
• Latin: nectō, cōpulō, aduno
• Latvian: vienot (lv), apvienot (lv), savienot
• Macedonian: обединува impf (obedinuva), обедини pf (obedini), соединува impf (soedinuva), соедини pf (soedini)
• Ngazidja Comorian: utsanganya
• Occitan: unir (oc)
• Old English: ġeānian, ānlǣċan, fēġan, gadrian, ġesamnian, ġelōgian, ġemengan
• Ottoman Turkish: قوشمق (koşmak)
• Piedmontese: unì
• Polish: jednoczyć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: unir (pt)
• Quechua: ch'antay
• Romanian: uni (ro)
• Russian: объединя́ть (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹ), объедини́ть (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹ)
• Sanskrit: समाकुरुते (samākurute)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уједи́нити pf

  Roman: ujedíniti (sh) pf

• Slovak: zjednotiť pf, spojiť pf
• Southern Altai: бирлеш- (birleš-)
• Spanish: unir (es), aunar (es), juntar (es), combinar (es), cohesionar (es)
• Swedish: förena (sv)
• Turkish: birleştirmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: об'є́днувати impf (obʺjédnuvaty), об'єдна́ти pf (obʺjednáty)
• Vietnamese: đoàn kết (vi), kết hợp (vi)
• Volapük: balön (vo)
• Yakut: холбоо (qolboo)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבינדן (farbindn), פֿאַראייניקן (fareynikn)

(reciprocal) to come together as one

• Azerbaijani: birləşmək (az)
• Bulgarian: съединявам се (sǎedinjavam se), обединявам се (obedinjavam se)
• Hebrew: התאחד
• Hungarian: egyesül (hu), összefog (hu)
• Russian: объединя́ться (ru) impf (obʺjedinjátʹsja), объедини́ться (ru) pf (obʺjedinítʹsja)
• Swedish: förenas (sv)

Noun

unite (plural unites)

1. (UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland.
   • 1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604, page 198:

     Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.

Anagrams

• untie

Interlingua

Adjective

unite (not comparable)

1. united

Participle

unite

1. past participle of unir

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

unite

1. inflection of unire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

unite f pl

1. feminine plural of unito

Anagrams

• tenui

Latin

Verb

ūnīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ūniō

Spanish

Verb

unite

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of unir combined with te