κοινότητα

Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινότης (koinótēs) (accusative κοινότητᾰ (koinótēta)), with semantic loan from French communauté and commune.[1] By surface analysis, κοινός (koinós) +‎ -ότητα (-ótita).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ciˈno.ti.ta/
  • Hyphenation: κοι‧νό‧τη‧τα

Noun

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κοινότητα (koinótitaf (plural κοινότητες)

  1. community (a group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition)
    Ευρωπαϊκή Οικονομική Κοινότητα
    Evropaïkí Oikonomikí Koinótita
    European Economic Community
    Γίνετε μέλος της κοινότητάς μας.
    Gínete mélos tis koinótitás mas.
    Become a member of our community.
  2. (government) community, commune (administrative division)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ κοινότητα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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