condominium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin condominium. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒn.dəˈmɪn.ɪ.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑn.dəˈmɪn.i.əm/ Hyphenation: con‧do‧min‧i‧um === Noun === condominium (plural condominiums or condominia) (international law) Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more countries. [from 18th c.] A region or territory under such rule. (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 (US, Canada, Philippines) The system of ownership by which such condominiums operate. (US, Canada, Philippines) An individual unit (such as an apartment) in such a complex. Synonym: condo The legal tenure involved. ==== Synonyms ==== (US, Canada, building, unit, title): strata ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.dɔ.mi.njɔm/ === Noun === condominium m (plural condominiums) condominium (all senses) === Further reading === “condominium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === 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 condominium, joint sovereignty ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Galician: Condomiña (place name) == Romanian == === Noun === condominium n (plural condominiumuri) obsolete form of condominiu ==== Declension ==== === References === condominium in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN