amenity

a·men·i·ty  (-mn-t, -mn-)

n. pl. a·men·i·ties

1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.

2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort.

3. A feature that increases attractiveness or value, especially of a piece of real estate or a geographic location.

4. amenities Social courtesies.

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[Middle English amenite, from Old French, from Latin amoenits, from amoenus, pleasant.]

Synonyms: amenity, comfort, convenience, facility
These nouns denote something that increases physical ease or facilitates work: an apartment with amenities like air conditioning; a suite with all the comforts of home; a kitchen with every convenience; a school with excellent facilities.

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amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (often plural) a useful or pleasant facility or service a swimming pool was just one of the amenities

2. the fact or condition of being pleasant or agreeable

3. (usually plural) a social courtesy or pleasantry

[from Latin amoenitās pleasantness, from amoenus agreeable]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

amenity - pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions; "a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations"; "he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age" agreeableness pleasantness, sweetness - the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"

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amenity

noun

1. facility, service, advantage, comfort, convenience The hotel amenities include a health club and banqueting rooms.

2. refinement, politeness, affability, amiability, courtesy, mildness, pleasantness, suavity, agreeableness, complaisance A man of little amenity.
refinement rudeness, bad manners, discourtesy, incivility, impoliteness, ungraciousness

Translations

amenity [əˈmiːnɪtɪ]

A. N

1. (= quality) → amenidad f

2. (= thing) (gen pl) amenities → comodidades fpl
the amenities of life → las cosas agradables de la vida
a house with all amenities → una casa con todas las comodidades or todo confort
the hotel has very good amenities → el hotel tiene excelentes servicios e instalaciones
the town has many amenities → la ciudad ofrece gran variedad de servicios
we are trying to improve the city's amenities → nos esforzamos por mejorar las instalaciones de la ciudad

B. CPD amenity bed N (Brit) (Med) → habitación f privada
amenity society N (Brit) → asociación f para la conservación del medio ambiente

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amenity [əˈmiːnɪti] n (= pleasantness) → charme m, agrément m

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amenity

n

(= aid to pleasant living) (public) amenity → öffentliche Einrichtung; the lack of amenities in many parts of the city → der Mangel an Einkaufs-, Unterhaltungs- und Transportmöglichkeiten in vielen Teilen der Stadt; close to all amenities → in günstiger (Einkaufs- und Verkehrs)lage; this house has every amenity → dieses Haus bietet jeden Komfort; a high/low amenity district → eine Gegend mit hoher/geringer Wohnqualität

(= pleasantness: of place) → angenehme Lage

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amenity

n amenity [əˈmiːnəti]

something that makes life more pleasant or convenient This part of town has a lot of amenities – good shops, parks etc. geriewe لَطَافَة، إعْتِدَال удобство půvab, pohodlí, dobré vybavení bekvemmelighed; behagelighed die Annehmlichkeiten ανέσεις (πληθ.) comodidad, amenidad mugavused تسهیلات mukavuus commodités שֵׁירוּתִים וּמִתקָנִים सुख-सुविधा blagodat kényelem fasilitas þægindi, það sem e-ð hefur upp á að bjóða comodità, comfort (生活の便宜の) 施設 생활을 즐겁게 하는 것 malonumas, patogumas ērtības; jaukumi kemudahan faciliteit bekvemmelighet, gode udogodnienie comodidade atracţii; dis­tracţii удобства pohodlie, spoločenské vybavenie udobje, užitki pogodnost lockelse, bekvämlighet, facilitet สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก hoşluk, kolaylık 休閒設施 втіхи, задоволення خوشگواری tiện nghi 舒服，宜人