condominium

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)

  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/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

condominium m (plural condominiums)

  1. condominium (all senses)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ dominium

Pronunciation

Noun

condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension

  1. condominium, joint sovereignty

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case 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)

  1. 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
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