condominium
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English
Etymology
From Latin condominium.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒn.dəˈmɪn.ɪ.əm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/
- Hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um
Noun
condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)
- Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries.
- The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a condominium ruled jointly by Egypt and the United Kingdom.
- 2013, Clive H. Church, Randolph C. Head, A Concise History of Switzerland, Cambridge, page 76:
- The strategic location of the condominiums […] made them important for the Confederacy's territorial integrity even if they produced little revenue.
- A region or territory under such rule.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate.
- (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
- The legal tenure involved.
Synonyms
- (US, Canada, building): condo building
- (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata
- (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)
Derived terms
- barndominium
- condo-hotel
- condop
- dockominium
- noncondominium
- quadrominium
- tridominium
- (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)
Translations
joint sovereignty over a territory
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building in which each unit is owned by an individual, but the grounds is owned jointly
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the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate
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unit or apartment in such a complex
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
condominium m (plural condominiums)
- condominium (all senses)
Further reading
- “condominium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.doˈmi.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.doˈmi.ni.um/,
Noun
condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension
- condominium, joint sovereignty
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | condominium | condominia |
| genitive | condominiī condominī1 |
condominiōrum |
| dative | condominiō | condominiīs |
| accusative | condominium | condominia |
| ablative | condominiō | condominiīs |
| vocative | condominium | condominia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Galician: Condomiña (place name)
Romanian
Noun
condominium n (plural condominiumuri)
- Obsolete form of condominiu.
Declension
Declension of condominium
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) condominium | condominiumul | (niște) condominiumuri | condominiumurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) condominium | condominiumului | (unor) condominiumuri | condominiumurilor |
| vocative | condominiumule | condominiumurilor | ||
References
- condominium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN