commonweal

Significat (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

common good

commonwealth

public welfare

state

community

public benefit

prosperity of the community

the general good

the whole body of the people

Traduccions

الخير العامّ

κοινό καλό

intérêt général

republiek

amme menfaati

kamu yararı

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.