union

From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.njən/, /ˈjuː.ni.ən/

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• Rhymes: -uːnjən

union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)

1. (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.

   Synonyms: junction, coalition, combination

   Antonym: nonunion

2. (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.

   Antonym: nonunion

3. (countable) Something united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
4. (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

5. (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
6. (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
7. (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
8. (countable) The act or state of marriage.
9. (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
10. (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
    • 2008, Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly, Learn to Tango with D, page 58:

      Unions are useful in those cases where you need to keep track of a value that can be represented as different data types during the lifetime of the program.

11. (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:

      Nonius the senator hath a purple coat as stiff with jewels as his mind is full of vices; rings on his fingers worth 20,000 sesterces, and […] an union in his ear worth an hundred pounds' weight of gold […]

    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

      And in the cup an union shall he throw, Richer than that which four successive kings In Denmark's crown have worn.

12. (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.

• → Bengali: ইউনিয়ন (iuniẏon) (learned)

union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)

1. (set theory) To combine sets using the union operation.

• intersection
• Wikipedia article about unions in set theory

union (comparative more union, superlative most union)

1. Belonging to, represented by, or otherwise pertaining to a labour union.

   Synonym: unionized (“organized into a trades union or trades unions”)

   Antonym: nonunion

   Actors have to be union to get work here.

2. (India) federal.

   The union government of India

• iunno

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /uniˈoˀn/

union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)

1. union

• “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unie.

• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧on

union m (plural unions)

1. (US, obsolete) a trade union

   Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond

• IPA^(key): [uˈnion]
• Rhymes: -ion
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧on

union

1. accusative singular of unio

Borrowed from French union.

union f (plural unions) (ORB, broad)

1. union

• union in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• union in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

union (Old Forézien)

1. Alternative form of egnon (“onion”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ūnio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 43

Inherited from Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /y.njɔ̃/

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union f (plural unions)

1. union

• → Franco-Provençal: union
• → German: Union

• “union”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

union f (plural unions)

1. union

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)

1. union (of a political nature)

   Den europeiske union ― the European Union

• “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /ʉnɪˈuːn/

union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)

1. union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)

   Noreg var i union med Sverige fram til 1905.

   Norway was part of a union with Sweden until 1905.

2. (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets)

• “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

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union f (plural unions)

1. union

• "union" in Dicod'òc

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniōnem.

union oblique singular, f (oblique plural unions, nominative singular union, nominative plural unions)

1. unity, union

• French: union
• → Middle English: unyoun
  • English: union

union oblique singular, m (oblique plural unions, nominative singular unions, nominative plural union)

1. Alternative form of oignon (“onion”)

From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ūnus (“one”).

union

1. union

• üniun

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /yˈnjuŋ/

union f (plural union)

1. union

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

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union c

1. union (a body with many members)

• union in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• union in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Borrowed from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

• IPA^(key): /uˈnjoŋ/

union f (invariable)

1. union

From un (“one”) +‎ iawn (“right, correct”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnjɔn/

  Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /ɪ/ in all parts of Wales.

union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)

1. exact