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kibbutz

a community settlement organized under collectivist principles

Not to be confused with:

kibitz – to offer unwanted advice or criticism; to be a busybody

kib·butz

(kĭ-bo͝ots′, -bo͞ots′)

n. pl. kib·but·zim (kĭb′o͝ot-sēm′, -o͞ot-)

A collective farm or settlement in modern Israel.

[Hebrew qibbûṣ, gathering, from qibbēṣ, derived stem of qābaṣ, to gather; see qbṣ́ in Semitic roots.]

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kibbutz

(kɪˈbʊts)

n, pl kibbutzim (ˌkɪbʊtˈsiːm)

a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively

[C20: from Modern Hebrew qibbūs: gathering, from Hebrew qibbūtz]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

kib•butz

(kɪˈbʊts, -ˈbuts)

n., pl. -but•zim (-bʊtˈsim)

(in Israel) a community settlement, usu. agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.

[1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering]

kibbutz

a communal farm in Israël, cooperatively owned, with members who receive no pay but who gain housing, clothing, medical care, and education from the cooperative. Also called kvutzah. — kibbutzim, n. pl.

Kibbutz

a collective settlement in Israel—Wilkes.

kibbutz

A Hebrew word meaning gathering, used to mean a collective agricultural community in Israel.

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Noun

kibbutz - a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel; children are reared collectively

collective farm - a farm operated collectively

Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

kibbutznik - a member of a kibbutz

Translations

[kɪˈbʊts] N (kibbutzim (pl)) [kɪˈbʊtsɪm] → kibutz m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kibbutz

[kɪˈbʊts] n → kibboutz m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kibbutz

n pl <-im> → Kibbuz m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

kibbutz

[kɪˈbʊts] n (kibbutzim (pl)) → kibbutz m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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