unanimous

English

WOTD – 18 May 2008

Etymology

From Latin ūnanimus (“of one mind”), from ūnus (“one”) +‎ animus (“mind”). Displaced native Old English ānmōd (literally “one-minded”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈnanɪməs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /juˈnænəməs/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ænɪməs

Adjective

unanimous (not comparable)

1. Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

   The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous.

2. Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.

   We were unanimous: the President had to go.

Derived terms

• unanimously

Related terms

• unanimity
• animus

Translations

based on unanimity

• Armenian: միաձայն (hy) (miajayn)
• Azerbaijani: yekdil
• Belarusian: аднагало́сны (adnahalósny), аднаду́шны (adnadúšny)
• Bulgarian: единоду́шен (bg) (edinodúšen)
• Catalan: unànime (ca)
• Czech: jednohlasný (cs)
• Danish: enstemmig
• Dutch: unaniem (nl)
• Finnish: yksimielinen (fi)
• French: unanime (fr)
• Galician: unánime
• Georgian: ერთსულოვანი (ertsulovani), ერთხმივი (ertxmivi), ერთხმად მიღებული (ertxmad miɣebuli)
• German: einstimmig (de), einmütig (de), einhellig (de)
• Greek: ομόφωνος (el) (omófonos)
• Hungarian: egyhangú (hu), egyöntetű (hu), egybehangzó (hu)
• Indonesian: sepakat (id), seia sekata (id), mufakat (id)
• Irish: d'aon ghuth, comhaontach, d'aon toil, d'aontoil
• Italian: unanime (it)
• Japanese: 全会一致 (zenkaiitchi)
• Latin: ūnanimus
• Macedonian: едногласен (ednoglasen)
• Manx: co-aignagh
• Norman: eunanînme
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enstemmig (no)

  Nynorsk: einstemmig

• Old English: ānmōd
• Polish: jednogłośny (pl), jednomyślny (pl)
• Portuguese: unânime (pt)
• Romanian: unanim (ro)
• Russian: единогла́сный (ru) (jedinoglásnyj), единоду́шный (ru) (jedinodúšnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једно̀гласан, једно̀душан

  Roman: jednòglasan (sh), jednòdušan (sh)

• Slovak: jednomyseľný
• Slovene: soglasen
• Spanish: unánime (es)
• Swedish: samstämmig (sv), enig (sv)
• Telugu: ఏకగ్రీవము (te) (ēkagrīvamu)
• Ukrainian: одноголо́сний (odnoholósnyj), односта́йний (odnostájnyj), одноду́мний (odnodúmnyj), одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj)
• Welsh: unfrydol (cy)

sharing the same view

• Armenian: միաբան (hy) (miaban)
• Belarusian: аднаду́шны (adnadúšny)
• Bulgarian: единоду́шен (bg) (edinodúšen)
• Catalan: unànime (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一致 (zh) (yīzhì)

• Czech: jednomyslný
• Danish: enig (da)
• Dutch: eensgezind (nl)
• Esperanto: unuvoĉa
• Finnish: yksimielinen (fi)
• French: unanime (fr)
• Galician: unánime
• German: einig (de) (reflexive), einsgesinnt, einer Meinung
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (gawiljis)
• Hungarian: egyetértő (hu), azonos véleményen/nézeten lévő
• Indonesian: sependapat
• Latin: ūnanimus
• Manx: co-aignagh
• Old English: ānmōd
• Polish: jednomyślny (pl)
• Portuguese: unânime (pt)
• Russian: единоду́шный (ru) (jedinodúšnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach
• Spanish: unánime (es)
• Swedish: enig (sv), enhällig (sv)
• Ukrainian: одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj)
• Welsh: unfrydol (cy)