"coalition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coalition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: coalitions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|frm|coalition|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French coalition, {{bor+|en|frm|coalition}} Borrowed from Middle French coalition, {{der|en|ML.|coalitiō|coalitiō, coalitiōnem}} Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, {{der|en|la|coalitus}} Latin coalitus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)
  1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (group of organizations): koalicion [masculine] (Albanian), تَحَالُف (taḥāluf) [masculine] (Arabic), اِئْتِلَاف (iʔtilāf) [masculine] (Arabic), կոալիցիա (koalicʿia) (Armenian), դաշնակցություն (dašnakcʿutʿyun) (Armenian), coalición [feminine] (Asturian), koalisiya (Azerbaijani), каалі́цыя (kaalícyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), জোট (jōṭ) (Bengali), коали́ция (koalícija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ညွန့်ပေါင်း (nywan.paung:) (Burmese), 聯合 (Chinese Mandarin), 联合 (liánhé) (Chinese Mandarin), koalice [feminine] (Czech), koalition [common-gender] (Danish), coalitie [feminine] (Dutch), koalitsioon (Estonian), samgonga [feminine] (Faroese), liittouma (Finnish), liittokunta (Finnish), koalitio (Finnish), coalition [feminine] (French), coalición [feminine] (Galician), კოალიცია (ḳoalicia) (Georgian), Koalition [feminine] (German), συνασπισμός (synaspismós) [masculine] (Greek), קוֹאָלִיצְיָה (ko'alítsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan) [masculine] (Hindi), koalíció (Hungarian), bandalag [neuter] (Icelandic), koalisi (Indonesian), comhghuaillíocht [feminine] (Irish), blocco [masculine] (Italian), coalizione [feminine] (Italian), 連立 (renritsu) (alt: れんりつ) (Japanese), коалиция (koalisiä) (Kazakh), សហពលកម្ម (saʼhaʼpŭəllĕəʼkam) (Khmer), 제휴 (jehyu) (alt: 提携) (Korean), 연립 (yeollip) (alt: 聯立) (Korean), 련립 (ryeollip) (alt: 聯立) [North-Korea] (Korean), 연합 (yeonhap) (alt: 聯合) (Korean), 련합 (ryeonhap) (alt: 聯合) [North-Korea] (Korean), коалиция (koalitsiya) (Kyrgyz), societās [feminine] (Latin), koalīcija [feminine] (Latvian), koalicija [feminine] (Lithuanian), коалиција (koalicija) [feminine] (Macedonian), gabungan (Malay), haumi (Maori), koalisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), koalisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ائتلاف (etelãf) [masculine] (Pashto), ائتلاف (e'telâf) (Persian), koalicja [feminine] (Polish), coalizão (Portuguese), coligação [feminine] (Portuguese), coaliție [feminine] (Romanian), коали́ция (koalícija) [feminine] (Russian), aonachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), co-bhanntachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), коали́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), koalícija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), koalícia [feminine] (Slovak), koalicija [feminine] (Slovene), coalición [feminine] (Spanish), koalition [common-gender] (Swedish), koalisyon (Tagalog), эътилоф (eʾtilof) (Tajik), พันธมิตร (pan-tá-mít) (Thai), koalisyon (Turkish), коалі́ція (koalícija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), koalitsiya (Uzbek), ittifoq (Uzbek), liên hiệp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-coalition-en-noun--vpsCZtn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'group of organizations': 72 28
  2. (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs. Tags: countable, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-coalition-en-noun-zmA5uk81 Disambiguation of Collectives: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coälition [rare]
Derived forms: anticoalition, coalitional, coalitionary, coalition builder, coalitioner, coalition government, coalitionism, coalitionist, coalition logic, coalition of the willing, First Coalition, Fourth Coalition, grand coalition, Jamaica coalition, rainbow coalition, Second Coalition, Third Coalition

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          "word": "συνασπισμός"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "group of organizations",
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koalicija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koalicija",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коалиција"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "gabungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "haumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koalisjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koalisjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "etelãf",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ائتلاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "e'telâf",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "ائتلاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koalicja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "coalizão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coligação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coaliție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koalícija",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коали́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aonachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "co-bhanntachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коали́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koalícija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koalícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koalicija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coalición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "koalition"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "koalisyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "eʾtilof",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "эътилоф"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pan-tá-mít",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "พันธมิตร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "koalisyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "koalícija",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коалі́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "koalitsiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "ittifoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "group of organizations",
      "word": "liên hiệp"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "coalition"
  ],
  "word": "coalition"
}

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