commonweal

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (archaic) The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity.
  2. The body politic; republic.

Sinonieme

commonwealth

public welfare

public benefit

prosperity of the community

the general good

the whole body of the people

Vertalings

الخير العامّ

κοινό καλό

amme menfaati

kamu yararı

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/
Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English comun wele, commen wele, comune wele, equivalent to common (“public”) + weal (“well-being”). By the 1520s used by some authors as the equivalent of res publica (republic), alongside commonwealth from about the same time.

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