amenity
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amenity
- /əˈmiːnəti/ UK
- /əˈmɛnəti/ Australia, US
Where it comes from
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.
noun amœnity
- Pleasantness. We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
- Convenience.
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A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.
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.
Similar: facility, infrastructure
Translations
Every language
noun pleasantness
| Español | comodidad, amenidad |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 適宜 /适宜 shìyí, 舒適 /舒适 shūshì |
| Português | amenidade |
| Français | aménité, agrément |
| Deutsch | Annehmlichkeit, Anmut |
| Italiano | amenità |
| Русский | прия́тность prijátnostʹ, мя́гкость mjáxkostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự dễ chịu |
noun something that makes life easier or more pleasant
| Español | comodidad, amenidad |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 令人舒適之物 /令人舒适之物 lìng rén shūshì zhī wù, 令人舒適的設備 /令人舒适的设备 lìng rén shūshì de shèbèi |
| Português | regalo, comodidade |
| Français | commodité |
| Deutsch | Annehmlichkeit |
| Русский | удо́бство udóbstvo, комфорта́бельность komfortábelʹnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tiện nghi |
| العربية | مِرْفَق mirfaq |
noun unit of community infrastructure
| 中文 | 福利設施 /设施 fúlì, 便民設施 /设施 biànmín, 便利設施 /便利设施 biànlì shèshī, 便利服務 /便利服务 biànlì fúwù |
|---|---|
| Português | infraestrutura |
| Français | équipement |
| Deutsch | Einrichtung, öffentliche Einrichtung, Anlage, Ausstattung |
Talk about this word "amenity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/amenity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. amenity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/amenity "amenity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/amenity.Cite this
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title = {amenity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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