unanimous

unanimous

English

WOTD – 18 May 2008

Etymology

From Latin ūnanimus (“of one mind”), from ūnus (“one”) +‎ animus (“mind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˈnanɪməs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /juˈnænəməs/

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• Rhymes: -ænɪməs

Adjective

unanimous (not comparable)

1. Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

   The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous.

2. Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.

   We were unanimous: the President had to go.

Derived terms

• unanimously

Related terms

• animus

Translations

based on unanimity

Armenian: միաձայն (hy) (miajayn) Catalan: unànime Czech: jednohlasný (cs) m Danish: enstemmig Dutch: unaniem (nl) Finnish: yksimielinen (fi) French: unanime (fr) m or f German: einstimmig (de) Greek: ομόφωνος (el) (omófonos) Hungarian: egyhangú (hu) Irish: d'aon ghuth, comhaontach, d'aon toil, d'aontoil Japanese: 全会一致 (zenkaiitchi)

Manx: co-aignagh Norman: eunanînme Norwegian: Bokmål: enstemmig (no) Polish: jednogłośny (pl) m Portuguese: unânime (pt) Russian: единогла́сный (ru) m (jedinoglásnyj) Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach Spanish: unánime (es) Swedish: samstämmig (sv), enig (sv) Telugu: ఏకగ్రీవము (te) (ēkagrīvamu)

sharing the same view

Armenian: միաբան (hy) (miaban) Catalan: unànime Chinese: Mandarin: 一致 (zh) (yīzhì) Czech: jednomyslný m Danish: enig (da) Dutch: eensgezind (nl) Esperanto: unuvoĉa Finnish: yksimielinen (fi)

French: unanime (fr) m or f German: einig (de) (reflexive), einsgesinnt, einer Meinung Manx: co-aignagh Polish: jednomyślny (pl) m Portuguese: unânime (pt) Russian: единоду́шный (ru) m (jedinodúšnyj) Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach Spanish: unánime (es) Swedish: enig (sv), enhällig (sv)