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===Alternative forms=== |
===Alternative forms=== |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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{{inh+|en|enm|amenite}}, {{m|enm|amenyte}}, partly from {{der|en|frm|amenité}} and partly from its etymon, {{der|en|la|amoenitās||pleasantness, delightfulness}}, from {{m|la|amoenus||pleasant, delightful}}, of unknown origin.<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=2964215293}}</ref> |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/əˈmiːnəti/| |
* {{IPA|en|/əˈmiːnəti/|a=UK}} |
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* {{ |
* {{IPA|en|/əˈmɛnəti/|a=US,AU}} |
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* {{audio|en|en-au-amenity.ogg|a=AU}} |
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* {{hyph|en|a|me|ni|ty}} |
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===Noun=== |
===Noun=== |
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# [[pleasantness|Pleasantness]]. |
# [[pleasantness|Pleasantness]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|We especially enjoyed the '''amenity''' of the climate on our last holiday.}} |
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#* {{RQ:Bancroft United States|volume=I|chapter=Spaniards in the United States|page=71|passage=The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of '''amenity''', that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.}} |
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# A thing or [[circumstance]] that is [[welcome]] and makes life a little [[easier]] or more [[pleasant]]. |
# A thing or [[circumstance]] that is [[welcome]] and makes life a little [[easier]] or more [[pleasant]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|All the little '''amenities''' the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.}} |
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#* {{ |
#* {{RQ:Evelyn Memoirs|volume=I|entrydate=17 October 1671|page=445|passage=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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# [[convenience|Convenience]]. |
# [[convenience|Convenience]]. |
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# {{lb|en|cartography}} |
# {{lb|en|cartography}} A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc. |
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#: {{syn|en|facility|infrastructure}} |
#: {{syn|en|facility|infrastructure}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=w:James Howard Kunstler|title=w:The Long Emergency|publisher=w:Grove Atlantic|page=40|passage=Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on '''amenity''', overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them.}} |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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{{col|en|amenities|amenity block|amenity fee|civic amenity site|communal amenity|disamenity|public amenity}} |
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{{der2|en |
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|public amenity |
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|communal amenity |
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|disamenity |
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|amenity block}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|pleasantness}} |
{{trans-top|pleasantness}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հաճելիություն |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հաճելիություն}} |
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|amenitat|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t|ca|amenitat|f}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適宜 |
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|適宜|tr=shìyí}}, {{t+|cmn|舒適|tr=shūshì}} |
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* Czech: {{t |
* Czech: {{t|cs|příjemnost|f}}, {{t+|cs|pohodlí|n}} |
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* Dutch: {{t|nl|geriefelijkheid}}, {{t+|nl|aangenaamheid}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|geriefelijkheid}}, {{t+|nl|aangenaamheid}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|miellyttävyys}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|miellyttävyys}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|aménité|f}}, {{t+|fr|agrément|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|aménité|f}}, {{t+|fr|agrément|m}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Annehmlichkeit|f}}, {{t+|de|Anmut|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Annehmlichkeit|f}}, {{t+|de|Anmut|f}} |
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* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}} |
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}} |
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* Italian: {{t+|it|amenità}} |
* Italian: {{t+|it|amenità}} |
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* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|прия́тность|f}}, {{t+|ru|мя́гкость|f}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прия́тность|f}}, {{t+|ru|мя́гкость|f}} |
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|udobnost}} |
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|udobnost}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|comodidad|f}}, {{t|es|amenidad|f}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|comodidad|f}}, {{t+|es|amenidad|f}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hoşluk}}, {{t+|tr|tatlılık}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hoşluk}}, {{t+|tr|tatlılık}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|приє́мність|f}} |
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|приє́мність|f}} |
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* Vietnamese: {{t |
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|sự [[dễ chịu]]}} |
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{{trans-bottom}} |
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{{trans-top|something that makes life easier or more pleasant}} |
{{trans-top|something that makes life easier or more pleasant}} |
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِرْفَق|m}} |
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|مِرْفَق|m}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հարմարություն |
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հարմարություն}} |
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|comoditat|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|comoditat|f}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|explanatory}} {{ |
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|explanatory}} {{t|cmn|[[令]][[人]][[舒適]][[之]][[物]]|tr=lìng rén shūshì zhī wù}}, {{t|cmn|[[令]][[人]][[舒適]][[的]][[設備]]|tr=lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi}} |
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* Czech: {{t|cs|vymoženost|f}} |
* Czech: {{t|cs|vymoženost|f}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voorziening}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voorziening}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mukavuus}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mukavuus}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|commodité|f}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|commodité|f}} |
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* Georgian: {{t|ka|კომფორტი |
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კომფორტი}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Annehmlichkeit|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Annehmlichkeit|f}} |
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* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}} |
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|figyelmesség}} |
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|figyelmesség}} |
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* Indonesian: {{t|id|amenitas}} |
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* Irish: {{t+|ga|áis|f}} |
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* Italian: {{t-needed|it}} |
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}} |
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* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}} |
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* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}} |
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|rauemi whakatāupe}} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|rauemi whakatāupe}}, {{t|mi|taonga whakaahuru}}, {{t|mi|hanga tukuora}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|regalo|m}}, {{t+|pt|comodidade|f}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|regalo|m}}, {{t+|pt|comodidade|f}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|удо́бство|n}}, {{qualifier|somewhat}} {{t+|ru|комфорта́бельность|f}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|удо́бство|n}}, {{qualifier|somewhat}} {{t+|ru|комфорта́бельность|f}} |
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* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|goireas|m}} |
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|goireas|m}} |
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|pogodnost}}, {{t+|sh|udobnost}}, {{t+|sh|komoditet}} |
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|pogodnost}}, {{t+|sh|udobnost}}, {{t+|sh|komoditet}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|comodidad|f}}, {{t|es|amenidad|f}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|comodidad|f}}, {{t+|es|amenidad|f}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bekvämlighet|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bekvämlighet|c}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|tesis}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|tesis}}, {{t+|tr|hizmet}}, {{t+|tr|imkan|alt=imkân}}, {{t+|tr|olanak}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|зручність}} |
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* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tiện nghi}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|faciliteit}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|faciliteit}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mukavuus}}, {{t+|fi|palvelu}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mukavuus}}, {{t+|fi|palvelu}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|équipement|m}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|équipement|m}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Einrichtung|f}}, {{t|de|öffentliche Einrichtung|f}}, {{t+|de|Anlage|f}}, {{t+|de|Ausstattung|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Einrichtung|f}}, {{t|de|öffentliche Einrichtung|f}}, {{t+|de|Anlage|f}}, {{t+|de|Ausstattung|f}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|infraestrutura|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|servicio|m}}, {{t|es|servicio público|m}}, {{t|es|infraestructura|f}}, {{t+|es|instalación}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|servicio|m}}, {{t|es|servicio público|m}}, {{t|es|infraestructura|f}}, {{t+|es|instalación}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|любезност}}, {{t+|bg|вежливост}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|любезност}}, {{t+|bg|вежливост}} |
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* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kenyamanan}} |
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kenyamanan}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|behaglighet}}, {{t+|sv|bekvämlighet}} |
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* Turkish: {{t|tr|memnuniyet, rahatlık}} |
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* Turkish: {{t|tr|memnuniyet, rahatlik}} |
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===References=== |
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===Anagrams=== |
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 2 January 2025
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English amenite, amenyte, partly from Middle French amenité and partly from its etymon, Latin amoenitās (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈmiːnəti/
- (US, General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈmɛnəti/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: a‧me‧ni‧ty
Noun
[edit]amenity (countable and uncountable, plural amenities)
- Pleasantness.
- We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
- 1834, George Bancroft, “Spaniards in the United States”, in History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume I (Colonial History), Boston, Mass.: Charles Bowen; London: R. J. Kennett, →OCLC, page 71:
- The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.
- A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
- All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
- 1671 October 27 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 17 October 1671]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 445:
- 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.
- Convenience.
- (cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
- Synonyms: facility, infrastructure
- 2005, James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency, Grove Atlantic, page 40:
- Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on amenity, overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pleasantness
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something that makes life easier or more pleasant
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convenience — see convenience
unit of community infrastructure
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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References
[edit]- ^ “amenity, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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