condominium

noun

con·​do·​min·​i·​um ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm 

plural condominiums also condominia ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-ə 

1

a

: joint dominion

especially : joint sovereignty by two or more nations

b

: a government operating under joint rule

2

: a politically dependent territory under condominium

3

a

: individual ownership of a unit in a multiunit structure (such as an apartment building) or on land owned in common (such as a town house complex)

also : a unit so owned

b

: a building containing condominiums

Examples of condominium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First responders from the El Cajon Police Department and Heartland Fire & Rescue received a call around 2:10 a.m. that a car had crashed into a condominium building on Jamacha Road near Granite Hills Drive, police Lt. Kevin Reilly said. —Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024

The average cost of maintaining a townhouse has also increased 5.80%, while the average cost of maintaining a condominium has increased 3.81%. —Terri Williams, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024

The Four Seasons Atlanta released a statement clarifying that the incident happened outside of the hotel's portion of the high-rise, in a residential condominium that the hospitality company does not manage. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

Bay Area Home Report A spacious new condominium located in the 400 block of Phantom Falls cmn. —Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin com- + dominium domain

First Known Use

circa 1714, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

condominium

noun

con·​do·​min·​i·​um ˌkän-də-ˈmin-ē-əm 

: an individually owned unit in a structure (as an apartment building) with many units

Etymology

derived from Latin condominium "joint rule or ownership," from earlier con-, com- "together" and dominium "ownership, rule," from dominus "master, owner" — related to domain, dominate

Legal Definition

condominium

noun

con·​do·​min·​i·​um ˌkän-də-ˈmi-nē-əm 

plural condominiums

1

: ownership of real property that is characterized by separate ownership of portions of the property (as units in an apartment building) and undivided or joint ownership of the remainder (as the common areas of an apartment building)

the conversion of real property to the condominium form of ownership

—Troy Ltd. v. Renna, 727 F.2d 287 (1984)

compare cooperative

2

: real property (as an apartment or building) having condominium ownership

a two-bedroom condominium

Etymology

New Latin, joint dominion, from Latin com- with, together + dominium rule, ownership