κοινότητα

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Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension of κοινότητα
singular plural
nominative κοινότητα (koinótita) κοινότητες (koinótites)
genitive κοινότητας (koinótitas) κοινοτήτων (koinotíton)
accusative κοινότητα (koinótita) κοινότητες (koinótites)
vocative κοινότητα (koinótita) κοινότητες (koinótites)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ κοινότητα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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