condominium

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dem-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.

Proto-Italic *domanos

Latin dominus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin dominium

Latin condominiumbor.

English condominium

Borrowed from Latin condominium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒn.dəˈmɪn.ɪ.əm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/
• Hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um

Noun

condominium (plural condominiums or condominia)

1. (international law) 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.]

   Synonym: condo building

   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.

      Synonym: condo

   3. The legal tenure involved.

Synonyms

• (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata

Derived terms

• barndominium
• condo-hotel
• condop
• dockominium
• noncondominium
• quadrominium
• tridominium
• (US, Canada, Philippines, unit): condo (abbreviation)

Translations

joint sovereignty over a territory

• Armenian: համատիրություն (hy) (hamatirutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: съвместно управление (sǎvmestno upravlenie), кондоминиум m (kondominium)
• Czech: kondominium n
• Dutch: gemeenschappelijk bestuurd gebied of eigendom
• Finnish: yhteishallinto
• German: Kondominium (de) n
• Greek: συχκυριαρχία f (sychkyriarchía)
• Indonesian: kondominium (id)
• Japanese: 共同主権 (きょうどうしゅけん, kyōdō shuken)
• Malay: kuasa gabung
• Manx: co-hiarnys m
• Polish: kondominium (pl) n

building in which each unit is owned by an individual, but the grounds is owned jointly

• Armenian: համատիրության մեջ ընդգրկված շենք (hamatirutʻyan meǰ əndgrkvac šenkʻ)
• Cebuano: kondominyum
• Chinese: 公寓 (zh) (gōngyù)
• Danish: ejerlejlighed (da) c
• Dutch: building waarbij iedere flat individuele eigendom is maar de gronden gemeenschappelijk
• Esperanto: kunposedaĵo
• Finnish: asunto-osakeyhtiö (fi)
• French: copropriété (fr) f
• Georgian: მრავალბინიანი სახლი (mravalbiniani saxli), მრავალბინიანი საცხოვრებელი (mravalbiniani sacxovrebeli)
• German: Kondominium (de) n
• Hungarian: társasház (hu)
• Indonesian: kondominium (id)
• Italian: condominio (it) m
• Japanese: マンション (ja) (manshon)
• Korean: 콘도미니엄 (ko) (kondominieom), 콘도 (ko) (kondo), 맨션 (maensyeon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: boligsameie n

  Nynorsk: bustadsameige n

• Polish: wspólnota mieszkaniowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: condomínio (pt) m
• Russian: кондоми́ниум (ru) m (kondomínium)
• Spanish: condominio (es) m
• Tagalog: kondominyum

the system of ownership by which such condominiums operate

• Armenian: համատիրություն (hy) (hamatirutʻyun)
• Dutch: appartementsrecht (nl) n
• French: (France/Luxembourg) copropriété (fr) f, (Switzerland) propriété par étages f
• German: Wohnungseigentum n, Teileigentum n, (Switzerland) Stockwerkseigentum n
• Indonesian: kondominium (id)
• Italian: condominio (it) m
• Portuguese: (Portugal) condomínio (pt) m, (Brazil) condomínio edilício m
• Russian: кондоми́ниум (ru) (kondomínium), совладе́ние (ru) (sovladénije), (Russian equivalent) това́рищество со́бственников жилья́ n (továriščestvo sóbstvennikov žilʹjá), ТСЖ (ru) n (TSŽ)
• Spanish: condominio (es) m

unit or apartment in such a complex

• Cebuano: kondominyum
• Dutch: flatgebouw met koopflats
• Finnish: huoneisto (fi), osakehuoneisto
• German: Eigentumswohnung (de) f
• Indonesian: kondominium (id)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selveierleilighet m or f, sjøleierleilighet m or f

  Nynorsk: sjølveigarhusvære n, sjølveigarleilegheit f

• Polish: mieszkanie własnościowe n
• Portuguese: condomínio (pt)
• Swedish: bostadsrätt (sv), bostadsrättslägenhet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.mi.njɔm/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

condominium m (plural condominiums)

1. condominium (all senses)

Further reading

• “condominium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *dem-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.

Proto-Italic *domanos

Latin dominus

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin dominium

Latin condominium

From con- + dominium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔn.dɔˈmɪ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.doˈmiː.ni.um]

Noun

condominium n (genitive condominiī or condominī); second declension

1. 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)

1. obsolete form of condominiu

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	condominium	condominiumul	condominiumuri	condominiumurile
genitive-dative	condominium	condominiumului	condominiumuri	condominiumurilor
vocative	condominiumule		condominiumurilor

References

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