CONDOMINIUM


Meaning of CONDOMINIUM in English

con ‧ do ‧ min ‧ i ‧ um /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm $ ˌkɑːn-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] especially American English

[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Latin com- ( ⇨ COM- ) + dominium 'area ruled' ]

1 . one apartment in a building with several apartments, each of which is owned by the people living in it

2 . a building containing several of these apartments ⇨ apartment block

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THESAURUS

■ an apartment

▪ apartment especially American English , flat British English a set of rooms where someone lives that is part of a house or bigger building. In British English, people usually say flat . Apartment is used about large and expensive flats, or in advertisements:

His apartment is on the eighth floor.

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In London, I shared a flat with some other students.

▪ condominium ( also condo informal ) American English one apartment in a building with several apartments, owned by the people who live in them:

a 10-unit condominium complex

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.