village

English

Etymology

From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Hyphenation: vil‧lage
Rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒ
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Noun

village (plural villages)

A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict‎:
  […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
  Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages.
There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
(Britain) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
(Philippines) A gated community.

Synonyms

thorp (archaic)

Hypernyms

settlement

Hyponyms

Brunswick Village
Buckshaw Village
Carn Brea Village
Cherokee Village
eco-village
global village
Lake Village
Olympic village
Onslow Village
Potemkin village
Swan Village

Derived terms

village bicycle/bike
village cart
village green
village hall
village idiot
villager

Related terms

villa
-wich
wick

Translations

a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town

Afrikaans: dorpie (af)
Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 (ban)
Ainu: コタン (kotan)
Albanian: fshat (sq) m, katund (sq) m, trevë (sq) f
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: دیه‎ (diye)
Amharic: መንደር (mändär)
Arabic: قَرْيَة‎ (ar) f (qarya), كَفْر‎ m (kafr), دَشْرَة‎ f (dašra)
Egyptian Arabic: قرية‎ f (qarya), كفر‎ m (kafr), نجع‎ m (nagʿ), نحية‎ f (naḥya)
Gulf Arabic: قرية‎ f (qarya)
Hijazi Arabic: قَرْية‎ f (garya, qarya)
Moroccan Arabic: قرية‎ f (qarya), عروبية‎ f (ʿrūbiyya), دوار‎ m (duwwār)
Aramaic: ܩܪܝܬܐ‎
Classical Syriac: ܩܪܝܬܐ‎ f
Armenian: գյուղ (hy) (gyuł), շեն (hy) (šen)
Assamese: গাঁও (gãü)
Asturian: villar m, llugar (ast) m, pueblu (ast) m, aldea (ast) f
Azerbaijani: kənd (az), qışlaq
Baekje: 夫里 (buri)
Baluchi: ہلک‎ (halk)
Bashkir: ауыл (awıl)
Basque: herrixka
Belarusian: весь f (vjesʹ), вёска (be) f (vjóska), сяло́ n (sjaló), дзярэ́ўня f (dzjaréŭnja) (rare), се́лiшча n (sjélišča), пасе́лiшча n (pasjélišča), ху́тар m (xútar) (khutor)
Bengali: গ্রাম (bn) (gram), গাঁ (bn) (gã), পল্লি (pôlli), পাড়াগাঁ (paṛagã), গেরাম (bn) (geram), দেহাত (dehat)
Breton: bourcʼh (br), gwig, pennkêr
Bulgarian: се́ло (bg) n (sélo)
Burmese: ရွာ (my) (rwa), ဇနပုဒ် (my) (ja.na.pud)
Buryat: тосхон (tosxon), һуурин (huurin)
Catalan: poble (ca) m
Central Mazahua: ts'ijñiñi
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cham:
Eastern Cham: palei
Western Cham: plai
Chamicuro: chi'nashtalichi
Chechen: эвл (evl), юрт (jurt), эвла (evla)
Chichewa: mudzi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 村 (cyun¹)
Dungan: цунзы (cunzɨ), цунҗуон (cunžuon), щёнҗуон (xi͡onžuon)
Hakka: 莊頭, 庄头 (chông-thèu)
Mandarin: 村 (zh) (cūn), 鄉村／乡村 (zh) (xiāngcūn), 農村／农村 (zh) (nóngcūn), 村子 (zh) (cūnzi), 村莊／村庄 (zh) (cūnzhuāng), 村落 (zh) (cūnluò), 屯落 (zh) (túnluò), 鄉莊／乡庄 (zh) (xiāngzhuāng)
Min Nan: 莊頭, 庄头 (chng-thâu)
Wu: 村 (tshen)
Chukchi: нымным (nymnym)
Chuvash: ял (jal)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ϯⲙⲓ (timi)
Sahidic: ϯⲙⲉ (time)
Crimean Tatar: köy
Czech: vesnice (cs) f, ves (cs) f, dědina (cs) f
Dargwa: шши (šši)
Danish: landsby (da) c, by (da) c
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: dorp (nl) n
Dzongkha: གཡུས (g.yus)
Eastern Mari: ял (âl)
Elfdalian: by m
Erzya: веле (vele)
Esperanto: vilaĝo, urbeto
Estonian: küla (et)
Etruscan: 𐌅𐌉𐌊𐌖 (viku)
Extremaduran: pueblu
Faroese: bygd f
Finnish: kylä (fi)
French: village (fr) m
Friulian: paîs
Galician: vila (gl) f, aldea (gl) f, lugar (gl) m
Georgian: სოფელი (sopeli), შენი (šeni)
German: Dorf (de) n
Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 n (weihs)
Greek: χωριό (el) n (chorió)
Ancient: κώμη f (kṓmē)
Greenlandic: illoqarfik (kl)
Gujarati: ગામ (gu) (gām)
Hausa: ƙauye (ha) m
Hebrew: כְּפָר‎ (he) m (kfar)
Hindi: गांव m (gāmv)
Hiri Motu: hanua
Hungarian: falu (hu)
Icelandic: þorp (is) n
Ido: vilajo (io)
Indonesian: desa (id), kampung (id)
Ingush: юрт (jurt)
Irish: sráidbhaile (ga) m, gráigbhaile m
Italian: villaggio (it) m, borgo (it) m, paese (it)
Japanese: 村 (ja) (むら, mura), 田舎 (ja) (いなか, inaka) (country), 村落 (ja) (そんらく, sonraku)
Javanese: désa
Kaingang: ẽmã
Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಮ (kn) (grāma)
Kazakh: ауыл (kk) (auyl), қыстау (qystau)
Khmer: ភូមិ (km) (phuum)
Kikuyu: itũũra class 5
Komi-Permyak: грезд (grʹezd)
Komi-Zyrian: сикт (sʹikt)
Korean: 마을 (ko) (ma'eul), 촌락(村落) (ko) (chollak)
Kumyk: юрт (yurt), гент (gent)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دێ‎ (ku) (dê), گوند‎ (ku) (gund)
Northern Kurdish: gund (ku) m
Kyrgyz: айыл (ky) (ayıl), кыштак (ky) (kıştak), деревня (ky) (derevnya)
Ladin: paeje
Lak: шяравалу (šaˤrawalu)
Lao: ບ້ານ (bān), ໝູ່ບ້ານ (lo) (mū bān)
Latgalian: sola, cīms
Latin: pāgus (la) m, rus (la) n, vīcus (la) m
Latvian: ciems m
Lezgi: хуьр (χür)
Lithuanian: kaimas (lt) m
Lombard: paesott
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: loug (Gronings), dörp (Gronings)
German Low German: Dörp (nds) n, Derp n
Luxembourgish: Duerf (lb) n
Lü: ᦢᦱᧃᧉ (ḃaan²)
Macedonian: село n (selo)
Malay: kampung (ms), kampong (ms)
Jawi: کامڤوڠ‎
Malayalam: ഗ്രാമം (ml) (grāmaṃ)
Maltese: villaġġ (mt) m
Manchu: ᠠᡳᠯᡳ (aili), ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ (gašan), ᡨᠣᡴᠰᠣ (tokso)
Manx: balley beg m
Maori: kāinga
Marathi: गाव n (gāv), खेडे n (kheḍe)
Mbyá Guaraní: tekoa
Mirandese: bila f
Moksha: веле (vele)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тосгон (mn) (tosgon), гацаа (mn) (gacaa), вас f (Chakavian, Kajkavian), вес f (Chakavian, Kajkavian)
Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠰᠬᠤᠨ (tosqun), ᠭᠠᠴᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (ɣačaɣ'a)
Motu: hanua
Mòcheno: dorf n
Nepali: गाँउ (gā̃u)
Nivkh: во (vo)
Nogai: авыл (avıl)
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: taarep n
Helgoland: Dörp m
Sylt: Tērp n
Northern Sami: gilli, girkogilli, márkan
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landsby (no) m, torp n
Nynorsk: landsby m, torp n
Occitan: vilatge (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: село n (selo), вьсь f (vĭsĭ)
Glagolitic: ⱄⰵⰾⱁ n (selo)
Old East Slavic: село n (selo), *дьрвьнꙗ f (*dĭrvĭnja), *дьрвьна f (*dĭrvĭna)
Old English: tūn m, wīċ n
Old Portuguese: vila f
Oriya: ଗାଁ (or) (gam̐)
Oromo: ganda
Ossetian: хъӕу (qæw)
Ottoman Turkish: كوی‎ (köy)
Pali:
Devanagari: गामो m (gāmo)
Latin: gāmo m
Pashto: کلی‎ m (kəlai)
Pela: va⁵⁵
Persian: روستا‎ (fa) (rustâ), ده‎ (fa) (deh), قشلاق‎ (fa) (qešlâq), آبادی‎ (fa) (âbâdi)
Phoenician: 𐤊𐤐𐤓‎ m (kpr)
Pijin: vilij
Plautdietsch: Darp (nds) n
Polish: wieś (pl) f, wioska (pl) f, siodło (pl) n (archaic), sioło (pl) n
Portuguese: aldeia (pt) f, vila (pt) f, povoado (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਿੰਡ m (piṇḍ), پِنڈ‎ m (pinḍ)
Quechua: llaqta (qu), ayllu
Rohingya: fara, rwa
Romani: gav m
Kalo Finnish Romani: gau m
Romanian: sat (ro) n
Romansch: vischnanca f
Russian: дере́вня (ru) f (derévnja), село́ (ru) n (seló), селе́ние (ru) n (selénije), кишла́к (ru) m (kišlák) (Central Asia), ау́л (ru) m (aúl) (Central Asia, Caucasus), ху́тор (ru) m (xútor), весь (ru) f (vesʹ) (rare or in set expressions), ве́слина f (véslina) (dialectal), весца́ f (vescá) (dialectal), вёска (ru) f (vjóska) (Belarusian or Polish village), стани́ца (ru) f (staníca) (Cossack), слобода́ (ru) f (slobodá) (historical, sloboda)
Rusyn: село́ n (seló), валал m (valal)
Sa: ere
Samoan: nu'u
Sanskrit: ग्राम (sa) m (grāma)
Santali: ᱚᱛᱳ (ôto)
Sardinian: bidda f
Saterland Frisian: Täärp
Scots: veelage
Scottish Gaelic: baile beag m, clachan m, baile-dùthchail m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѐло n
Roman: sèlo (sh) n, vas (sh) f (Chakavian, Kajkavian), ves (sh) f (Chakavian, Kajkavian)
Shan: ဝၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (wāan), မၢၼ်ႈ (shn) (māan)
Shor: аал (aal), улус (ulus)
Sicilian: pagisi m, pajisi m, paisi (scn) m, villaggiu (scn) m
Sidamo: qachcha
Silesian: wieś f
Sinhalese: ගම (gama)
Slovak: dedina (sk) f, ves f
Slovene: vas (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wjas f
Upper Sorbian: wjes f
Southern Altai: деремне (deremne)
Spanish: aldea (es) f, pueblo (es) m
Sranan Tongo: dorpu
Swahili: kijiji (sw)
Swedish: by (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠅ (gao)
Tabasaran: гъул (ġul)
Tagalog: nayon (tl)
Tajik: русто (rusto), деҳ (deh), деҳа (tg) (deha), қишлоқ (tg) (qišloq)
Talysh: ди (di)
Tamil: கிராமம் (ta) (kirāmam)
Tarifit: ḍḍšā m
Tatar: авыл (tt) (awıl)
Telugu: గ్రామం (te) (grāmaṁ)
Ternate: gamu
Tetum: suku
Thai: หมู่บ้าน (th) (mùu-bâan)
Tibetan: གྲོང་གསེབ (grong gseb)
Tigrinya: ቍሸት (ḳʷəšät)
Tolai: gunan
Tongan: kolo
Turkish: köy (tr), nahiye (tr)
Turkmen: oba, gyşlak
Tuvan: көдээ суур (ködee suur)
Udi: аиз (aiz)
Udmurt: гурт (gurt)
Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎔𐎗 (kpr)
Ukrainian: село́ (uk) n (seló), се́лище (uk) n (sélyšče), посе́лення (uk) n (posélennja), осе́ля f (osélja) (dialectal), аву́л m (avúl) (Central Asia, Caucasus), кишла́к (uk) m (kyšlák) (Central Asia), ху́тір m (xútir) (khutor), весь (uk) f (vesʹ) (rare or in set expressions)
Urdu: گاؤں‎ m (gā'õ)
Uyghur: كەنت‎ (ug) (kent), يېزا‎ (ug) (yëza)
Uzbek: qishloq (uz)
Vietnamese: làng (vi), làng quê, thôn (vi) (村 (vi))
Volapük: vilag (vo), (diminutive) vilagil (vo)
Walloon: viyaedje (wa) m
Welsh: llan f, pentref (cy) m
West Frisian: doarp (fy) n
Yakut: дэриэбинэ (deriebine)
Yiddish: דאָרף‎ n (dorf)
Yucatec Maya: banda, kaah
Yup'ik: nuna, nunacuar
Zazaki: dew
Zhuang: mbanj

a rural habitation that has its own church

Finnish: kirkonkylä (fi)
German: Kirchdorf (de) n
Russian: село́ (ru) n (seló)

French

Etymology

From Latin villaticus, from villa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vi.laʒ/
Audio (un village) (file)

Noun

village m (plural villages)

village
(Louisiana) town, city

Derived terms

idiot du village

Related terms

villageois

Occitan

Alternative forms

vilage

Noun

village m (plural villages)

village

village

English

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Noun

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