union
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- Synonyms: junction, coalition, combination
- Antonym: nonunion
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- Antonym: nonunion
- (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- 2008, Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly, Learn to Tango with D, page 58:
- Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:
- Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and […] an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Derived terms
edit- anti-union
- art union
- axiom of union
- banjo union
- civil union
- Clam Union
- company union
- credit union
- customs union
- discriminated union
- disjoint union
- disjoint union topology
- enterprise union
- European Union
- fruit of the union
- Great Union Day
- hypostatic union
- labor union
- labour union
- Mount Union
- non-union
- Northern Union football
- personal union
- pipe union
- rugby union
- scab union
- sexual union
- single union agreement
- Soviet Union
- State of the Union
- students' union
- student union
- trades union, trade union
- union bug
- union card
- union catalog
- union catalogue
- union cemetery
- union church
- union cloth
- Union County
- Union Day
- union high school
- unionise, unionize
- union is strength
- Union Jack
- union job
- union makes strength
- union man
- Union Mills
- union pipes
- union shop
- Union Springs
- union station
- union suit
- union tee
- union territory
- union wage premium
- yellow union
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editDescendants
edit- → Bengali: ইউনিয়ন (iuniẏon) (learned)
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Verb
editunion (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- (set theory) To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
editAdjective
editunion (comparative more union, superlative most union)
- Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.
- (India) federal.
- The union government of India
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
Inflection
editcommon gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | union | unionen | unioner | unionerne |
genitive | unions | unionens | unioners | unionernes |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: u‧ni‧on
Noun
editunion m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) a trade union
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editNoun
editunion
- accusative singular of unio
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
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Noun
editunion f (plural unions) (ORB, broad)
References
edit- union in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- union in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Etymology 2
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Noun
editunion (Old Forézien)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ūnio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 43
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion f (plural unions)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “union”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
editNoun
editunion f (plural unions)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Noun
editunion m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
- Den europeiske union ― the European Union
Derived terms
editReferences
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- Noreg var i union med Sverige fram til 1905.
- Norway was part of a union with Sweden until 1905.
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion f (plural unions)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniōnem.
Noun
editunion oblique singular, f (oblique plural unions, nominative singular union, nominative plural unions)
- unity, union
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editunion oblique singular, m (oblique plural unions, nominative singular unions, nominative plural union)
- Alternative form of oignon (“onion”)
Papiamentu
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Noun
editunion
Piedmontese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion f (plural union)
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editunion c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
editDerived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
editVenetan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editunion f (invariable)
Related terms
editWelsh
editEtymology
editFrom un (“one”) + iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editunion (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- straight, direct
- Synonyms: syth, uniongyrchol, diwyro
- upright, erect
- Synonym: unionsyth
- exact, precise
- correct
Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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union | unchanged | unchanged | hunion |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “union”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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