Community

| kəˈmjuːnɪti |

Definition

• noun (pl. ‘communities’)
  • a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
    • a group of people living together and practicing common ownership
    • a particular area or place considered together with its inhabitants
    • a body of nations or states unified by common interests [used esp. in names]
    • (‘the community’) the people of a district or country considered collectively, especially in the context of social values and responsibilities
    • [used as modifier] denoting a worker or resource designed to serve the people of a particular area
  • [mass noun] the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common
    • [in sing.] a similarity or identity
    • joint ownership or liability
  • (in ecology) a group of interdependent plans or animals growing or living together in natural conditions or occupying a specified habitat

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French comunete, reinforced by its source, Latin communitas, from communis (cf. common)

In Other Languages

• Bahasa Indonesia: masyarakat
• بهاس ملايو:
  • مشاركت (masyarakat)
• Cebuano: komunidad
• Deutsch: die Gemeinschaft, die Gemeinde
• Español: la comunidad, el común, la sociedad
• Filipino: komunidad, (ang mga) taong-bayan
• Français: la communauté
• 한국어: 집단 (jibdan)
• Italiano: la comunità
• ភាសាខ្មែរ: សហគមន៍ (sahakom)
• Latino: communitas, societas
• မြန်မာဘာသာ: အစု, ရပ်ကွက်, အုပ်စု
• 日本語: 公共 (こうきょう)
• ພາສາລາວ: ຊຸມຊົນ (sumson)
• ภาษาไทย: ชุมชน (chumchn)
• தமிழ்: சமூகம் (camūkam)
• Tiếng Việt: cộng đồng
• 中文: 社區 / 社区 (shèqū), 社會 / 社会 (shèhuì)