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condominium

condominium

41 4.5
An apartment you own in a building where people share common areas
  • noun
  • /ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm/
  • US
translation icon : condominio
  • I live in a condominium building and there are cameras on the front door and in the lobby.
  • apartments and condominiums
  • condominium unit
  • homes and condominiums

Those are all shopping malls and condominiums, but still.

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Examples

  • Over the past decade, downtown San Diego has experienced a tremendous boom in condominium construction.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The meeting takes place in an oceanfront condominium overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Florida.

  • I needed a place to stay while my New York condominium is being built.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I live in a condominium building and there are cameras and on the front door and the lobby.

  • I bought a penthouse condominium, you know, and paid cash for it.

  • This condominium is part of the estate of the late Mrs. Wallis Danforth.

  • They're about to open up some condominiums that are supposed to be great.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • One day as she recuperated, someone knocked on the door of her condominium in a downtown Chicago high-rise.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Esteban has just made the down payment on a condominium in Cabo San Lucas, overlooking the harbor.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • On the rails of the balconies of the condominiums, bright beach towels hang drying in the breeze.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

apartment
vscondominium
  • US
1.0

A set of rooms on one floor for one person or family in a building

specifies individual ownership and shared common areas not implied by the other term
condo
vscondominium
  • Informal
207 3.0

An apartment that a person owns inside a building with shared areas

notes individual ownership plus shared ownership of common areas
cond
vscondominium
  • Informal
1 9.6

An apartment that a person owns in a building or complex

is the formal legal term that highlights shared common area ownership

How Big

house
1.0
townhouse
47 2.0
condominium
  • US
41 4.5
apartment
  • US
1.0
studio
136 3.2

Surface Forms

condominium singular
condominiums plural

Etymology

The word condominium comes from Latin parts con- meaning 'together' and dominium meaning 'ownership', the same root as dominion and domain. So a condominium is a place you 'own together': each resident owns their apartment but the building's common parts are shared.