kibbutz
[ ki-boo ts, -boots ]
/ kɪˈbʊts, -ˈbuts /
noun, plural kib·but·zim [ki-boo t-seem] /kɪ bʊtˈsim/.
(in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.
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Origin of kibbutz
1930–35; < Modern Hebrew kibuṣ; compare Hebrew qibbūṣ gathering
Can be confusedkibbutz kibitz
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British Dictionary definitions for kibbutz
kibbutz
/ (kɪˈbʊts) /
noun plural kibbutzim (ˌkɪbʊtˈsiːm)
a collective agricultural settlement in modern Israel, owned and administered communally by its members and on which children are reared collectively
Word Origin for kibbutz
C20: from Modern Hebrew qibbūs: gathering, from Hebrew qibbūtz
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Word Origin and History for kibbutz
kibbutz
"Israeli collective settlement," 1931, from Modern Hebrew qibbus "gathering," earlier "a gathering together," verbal noun from root of qibbetz "he gathered together." Plural is kibbutzim. Related to Arabic quabada "he grasped, seized."
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Culture definitions for kibbutz
kibbutz
[ (ki-boots) ]
plur. kibbutzim (ki-boot-seem)
A communal farm or settlement in Israel. Kibbutzim have helped build national spirit in Israel, and the residents have transformed barren land into fertile, crop-producing land.
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