"amenity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈmiːnəti/, /əˈmɛnəti/ Audio: en-au-amenity.ogg [Australia] Forms: amenities [plural]
Etymology: From French aménité, from Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|aménité}} French aménité, {{uder|en|la|amoenitās||pleasantness, delightfulness}} Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), {{m|la|amoenus||pleasant, delightful}} amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amenity (countable and uncountable, plural amenities)
  1. Pleasantness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (pleasantness): հաճելիություն (hačeliutʻyun) (Armenian), amenitat [feminine] (Catalan), 適宜 (Chinese Mandarin), 适宜 (shìyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 舒適 (Chinese Mandarin), 舒适 (shūshì) (Chinese Mandarin), příjemnost [feminine] (Czech), pohodlí [neuter] (Czech), geriefelijkheid (Dutch), aangenaamheid (Dutch), miellyttävyys (Finnish), aménité [feminine] (French), agrément [masculine] (French), სიამოვნება (siamovneba) (Georgian), Annehmlichkeit [feminine] (German), Anmut [feminine] (German), kellemesség (Hungarian), kényelem (Hungarian), amenità (Italian), amenidade [feminine] (Portuguese), прия́тность (prijátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мя́гкость (mjáxkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), udobnost (Serbo-Croatian), comodidad [feminine] (Spanish), amenidad [feminine] (Spanish), hoşluk (Turkish), tatlılık (Turkish), приє́мність (pryjémnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sự dễ chịu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-amenity-en-noun-TygB2SOn Disambiguation of 'pleasantness': 94 4 1 1
  2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something that makes life easier or more pleasant): مِرْفَق (mirfaq) [masculine] (Arabic), հարմարություն (harmarutʻyun) (Armenian), comoditat [feminine] (Catalan), 令人舒適之物 (explanatory) (Chinese Mandarin), 令人舒适之物 (lìng rén shūshì zhī wù) (Chinese Mandarin), 令人舒適的設備 (Chinese Mandarin), 令人舒适的设备 (lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi) (Chinese Mandarin), vymoženost [feminine] (Czech), voorziening (Dutch), mukavuus (Finnish), commodité [feminine] (French), კომფორტი (ḳomporṭi) (Georgian), Annehmlichkeit [feminine] (German), figyelmesség (Hungarian), amenitas (Indonesian), rauemi whakatāupe (Maori), taonga whakaahuru (Maori), hanga tukuora (Maori), regalo [masculine] (Portuguese), comodidade [feminine] (Portuguese), удо́бство (udóbstvo) [neuter] (Russian), комфорта́бельность (komfortábelʹnostʹ) (note: somewhat) [feminine] (Russian), goireas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pogodnost (Serbo-Croatian), udobnost (Serbo-Croatian), komoditet (Serbo-Croatian), comodidad [feminine] (Spanish), amenidad [feminine] (Spanish), bekvämlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), tesis (Turkish), hizmet (Turkish), imkân (Turkish), olanak (Turkish), зручність (zručnistʹ) (Ukrainian), tiện nghi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-amenity-en-noun-g2zL-Y7p Disambiguation of 'something that makes life easier or more pleasant': 17 76 5 2
  3. Convenience. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-amenity-en-noun-vfbNIrpw
  4. (cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cartography Synonyms: facility, infrastructure Translations (unit of community infrastructure): 福利設施 (fúlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 设施 (shèshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 便民設施 (biànmín) (Chinese Mandarin), faciliteit (Dutch), mukavuus (Finnish), palvelu (Finnish), équipement [masculine] (French), Einrichtung [feminine] (German), öffentliche Einrichtung [feminine] (German), Anlage [feminine] (German), Ausstattung [feminine] (German), infraestrutura [feminine] (Portuguese), servicio [masculine] (Spanish), servicio público [masculine] (Spanish), infraestructura [feminine] (Spanish), instalación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-amenity-en-noun-GtZ471Bi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 25 59 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 4 17 33 46 Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'unit of community infrastructure': 2 1 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amœnity [archaic] Derived forms: amenity block, amenity fee, civic amenity site, communal amenity, disamenity, public amenity

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          "text": "The Castle is an antique extent of ground, which now they call Marsfield, and would have ben a fitting area to have plac’d the Ducal palace in. The suburbs are large, the prospects sweete, with other amenities, not omitting the flower gardens, in which all the inhabitants excel.",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "roman": "lìng rén shūshì zhī wù",
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          "roman": "lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi",
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "rauemi whakatāupe"
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "taonga whakaahuru"
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          "word": "hanga tukuora"
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
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          "word": "удо́бство"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "somewhat",
          "roman": "komfortábelʹnostʹ",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "комфорта́бельность"
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "word": "komoditet"
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          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "tesis"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "hizmet"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "imkân"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 76 5 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "olanak"
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        {
          "_dis1": "17 76 5 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zručnistʹ",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "зручність"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "17 76 5 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
          "word": "tiện nghi"
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comodidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amenidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bekvämlighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "tesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "hizmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "imkân"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "olanak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zručnistʹ",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "зручність"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something that makes life easier or more pleasant",
      "word": "tiện nghi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fúlì",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "福利設施"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèshī",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "设施"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànmín",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "便民設施"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèshī",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "设施"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "faciliteit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "mukavuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "palvelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "équipement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einrichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "öffentliche Einrichtung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausstattung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infraestrutura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "servicio público"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "infraestructura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unit of community infrastructure",
      "word": "instalación"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amenity"
}

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