English Explanatory Dictionary

amenity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pleasantness.
  2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
  3. Convenience.
  4. A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.

Pronunciation

/əˈmiːnəti/ /əˈmɛnəti/ en-au-amenity.ogg

Word forms

amenity amenities amœnity

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

facility infrastructure

Related words

amene

Derived words

amenities amenity block amenity fee amenity tree civic amenity site communal amenity disamenity public amenity
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