Definitions for villageˈvɪl ɪdʒ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

vil•lageˈvɪl ɪdʒ(n.)

  1. a small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usu. smaller than a town, sometimes incorporated as a municipality.

    Category: Government

  2. the inhabitants of such a community collectively.

    Category: Government

  3. a group of animal dwellings resembling a village.

  4. (adj.)of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village.

    Category: Government

Origin of village:

1350–1400; ME < MF < L villāticum, neut. of villāticusvillatic

Princeton's WordNet

  1. village, small town, settlement(noun)

    a community of people smaller than a town

  2. village, hamlet(noun)

    a settlement smaller than a town

  3. Greenwich Village, Village(noun)

    a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. village(noun)ˈvɪl ɪdʒ

    a small town, especially outside of the U.S.

    an alpine village

Wiktionary

  1. village(Noun)

    A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

    There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.

  2. village(Noun)

    A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

  3. village(Noun)

    A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Village(noun)

    a small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city


Translations for village

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

village(noun)

a group of houses etc which is smaller than a town

They live in a little village; (also adjective) a village school.

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