Meaning

4 senses
  1. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

    There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.

    Dorf

    дере́вняderévnja, село́seló, селе́ниеselénije

    село́seló, се́лищеsélyšče, посе́ленняposélennja

  2. (UK)A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

    Kirchdorf

    село́seló

  3. (Australia)A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

  4. (Philippines)An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

    There are six blocks in our village, each having ten lots.

More definitions
  • a community of people smaller than a town
  • a settlement smaller than a town
  • a mainly residential district of Manhattan; ‘the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

Examples

1712 sentences
  1. The bus stopped in every village.

    Автобус зупинявся в кожному селі.

    ruАвтобус останавливался в каждой деревне.

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  2. This river runs through my village.

    Ця річка тече через моє село.

    ruЭта река течёт через мою деревню.

    deDieser Fluss fließt durch mein Dorf.

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  3. Everybody in the village knew him.

    Його знали всі в селі.

    ruЕго знали все в деревне.

    deIm Dorf kannte ihn jeder.

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  4. He had to leave the village.

    Він мусив поїхати з села.

    ruОн был вынужден уйти из деревни.

    deEr musste das Dorf verlassen.

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  5. He returned to his native village.

    Він повернувся до рідного села.

    ruОн вернулся в родную деревню.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town:
Русский
By meaning 1
a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town:
a rural habitation that has its own church:

Origin

From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin vīllāticus, ultimately fr

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

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Forms

plural: villages
Singularvillage
Pluralvillages

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a community of people smaller than a town:small townsettlement
  • a settlement smaller than a town:hamlet
  • a mainly residential district of Manhattan; ‘the Village’ became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century:Greenwich Village

Word family

49 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • a small village
  • in the village
  • small village
  • in this village
  • to the village
  • the same village
  • of the village
  • the village where
  • fishing village
  • same village
  • the village is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
village — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto