Dictionary

amenity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈmiːnəti/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio
• /əˈmɛnəti/ (Australia, US)

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Pleasantness.
   • The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May. 1834, George Bancroft, “Spaniards in the United States”, in History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume I (Colonial History), Boston, Mass.: Charles Bowen; London: R. J. Kennett, →OCLC, page 71:
   • We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
2. (uncountable) Convenience.
3. (qualifier:urban studies, uncountable) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.
   • Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on amenity, overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them. 2005, James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency, Grove Atlantic, page 40:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

amene

Synonyms

infrastructure · facility

Translations (74)

cmn 便利服務 /便利服务 (unit of community infrastructure) · ka სიამოვნება (pleasantness) · tr tesis (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · uk приє́мність (pleasantness) · cs příjemnost (pleasantness) · ru удо́бство (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · de Einrichtung (unit of community infrastructure) · hy հարմարություն (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · es amenidad (pleasantness) · fi mukavuus (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · pt regalo (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · mi hanga tukuora (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · fr commodité (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · cmn 適宜 /适宜 (pleasantness) · sh udobnost (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · fi mukavuus (unit of community infrastructure) · nl geriefelijkheid (pleasantness) · tr olanak (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · ca amenitat (pleasantness) · sv bekvämlighet (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · de öffentliche Einrichtung (unit of community infrastructure) · tr hoşluk (pleasantness) · de Annehmlichkeit (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · tr imkân (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · de Anlage (unit of community infrastructure) · fr agrément (pleasantness) · tr tatlılık (pleasantness) · vi tiện nghi (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · cs vymoženost (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · id amenitas (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · pt infraestrutura (unit of community infrastructure) · fi palvelu (unit of community infrastructure) · nl voorziening (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · nl faciliteit (unit of community infrastructure) · es comodidad (pleasantness) · tr hizmet (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · hu kényelem (pleasantness) · ru прия́тность (pleasantness) · de Anmut (pleasantness) · cmn 令人舒適的設備 /令人舒适的设备 (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · cmn 舒適 /舒适 (pleasantness) · cmn 福利設施 /设施 (unit of community infrastructure) · nl aangenaamheid (pleasantness) · mi taonga whakaahuru (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · cmn 令人舒適之物 /令人舒适之物 (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · es comodidad (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · fr aménité (pleasantness) · de Annehmlichkeit (pleasantness) · cmn 便利設施 /便利设施 (unit of community infrastructure) · hy հաճելիություն (pleasantness) · vi sự dễ chịu (pleasantness) · sh komoditet (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · ru мя́гкость (pleasantness) · ru комфорта́бельность (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · it amenità (pleasantness) · uk зручність (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · sh pogodnost (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · cs pohodlí (pleasantness) · fr équipement (unit of community infrastructure) · cmn 便民設施 /设施 (unit of community infrastructure) · de Ausstattung (unit of community infrastructure) · pt amenidade (pleasantness) · ka კომფორტი (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · ga áis (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · fi miellyttävyys (pleasantness) · hu figyelmesség (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · hu kellemesség (pleasantness) · ar مِرْفَق (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · es amenidad (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · sh udobnost (pleasantness) · gd goireas (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · pt comodidade (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · ca comoditat (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) · mi rauemi whakatāupe (something that makes life easier or more pleasant)