cooperative

See also: coopérative, coöperative, co-operative, and co-öperative

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English

Alternative forms

• co-operative
• coöperative
• co-öperative

Adjective

cooperative (comparative more cooperative, superlative most cooperative)

1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

   The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment.

2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.

   a cooperative game; a cooperative business enterprise

3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

Antonyms

• adversarial
• competitive

Related terms

• cooperation
• cooperatively

Translations

ready to work with another

• Bulgarian: съвме́стен (bg) (sǎvmésten)
• Catalan: cooperatiu
• Dutch: samenwerkend (nl)
• Finnish: yhteistyökykyinen (fi), yhteistoiminnallinen, yhteistyöhaluinen
• German: kooperativ (de)
• Greek: συνεργάσιμος (el) (synergásimos)
• Hebrew: שתופי‎‎ (he) (shitûfy)
• Italian: cooperativo (it)
• Latin: cooperātivus

• Manx: co-obbragh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samarbeidsvillig m

• Portuguese: cooperativo, cooperante
• Russian: гото́вый к сотру́дничеству (gotóvyj k sotrúdničestvu), совме́стный (ru) (sovméstnyj), объединённый (ru) (obʺjedinjónnyj)
• Spanish: cooperativo (es)
• Swedish: samarbetsvillig (sv)
• Tagalog: matutulungin

relating to a cooperative

• Bulgarian: кооперати́вен (kooperatíven)
• Catalan: cooperatiu
• Finnish: osuustoiminnallinen, yhteistoiminnallinen
• Greek: συνεταιριστικός (el) (synetairistikós)

• Portuguese: cooperativo
• Russian: кооперати́вный (ru) (kooperatívnyj)
• Swedish: kooperativ (sv)

Noun

cooperative (plural cooperatives)

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

Translations

type of company

• Armenian: կոոպերատիվ (hy) (kooperativ)
• Bulgarian: коопера́ция (bg) f (kooperácija), кооперати́в m (kooperatív)
• Catalan: cooperativa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合作社 (zh) (hézuòshè)

• Czech: družstvo (cs) n
• Esperanto: kooperativo
• Finnish: osuuskunta (fi)
• French: coopérative (fr) f
• German: Genossenschaft (de) f

• Greek: συνεταιρισμός (el) m (synetairismós)
• Hungarian: szövetkezet (hu)
• Italian: cooperativa (it) f
• Portuguese: cooperativa (pt) f
• Russian: кооперати́в (ru) m (kooperatív), това́рищество (ru) n (továriščestvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: kooperativa (sh)
• Spanish: cooperativa (es) f
• Swedish: kooperativ (sv) n
• Tagalog: kooperatiba, tangkilikan

References

• Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [1] retrieved on November 7, 2006

Further reading

• cooperative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

cooperative f

1. plural of cooperativa

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Latin

Adjective

cooperātive

1. vocative masculine singular of cooperātivus