condominium

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒn.dəˈmɪn.ɪ.əm/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/
  • Hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um

Noun

condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)

  1. Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. [from 18th c.]
    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.
    1. A region or territory under such rule.
  2. (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. [from 20th c.]
    1. (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate
    2. (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex.
    3. The legal tenure involved.

Synonyms

  • (US, Canada, building): condo building
  • (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata
  • (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.mi.njɔm/
  • (file)

Noun

condominium m (plural condominiums)

  1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (all senses)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

con- + dominium

Pronunciation

Noun

condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension

  1. condominium, joint sovereignty

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Galician: Condomiña (place name)

Romanian

Noun

condominium n (plural condominiumuri)

  1. Obsolete form of condominiu.

Declension

References

  • condominium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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