- a small group of houses in a country area, larger than a hamlet
- the inhabitants of such a community collectively
- an incorporated municipality smaller than a town in various parts of the US and Canada
- (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a village: a village green
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
vil•lage /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmenta small community or group of houses in an area outside a city, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town.
- Government the people of such a community thought of as a group:[usually singular]The village doesn't like strangers.
adj. [before a noun]
- Governmentof, relating to, or characteristic of a village.
vil•lage
(vil′ij),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
vil′lage•less, adj.
vil′lage•y, vil′lag•y, adj.
Vil•lage (vil′ij),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmenta small community or group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usually smaller than a town, and sometimes (as in parts of the U.S.) incorporated as a municipality.
- Governmentthe inhabitants of such a community collectively.
- a group of animal dwellings resembling a village:a gopher village.
adj.
- Governmentof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a village:village life.
- Latin villāticum, neuter of villāticus villatic. See -age
- Middle French
- Middle English 1350–1400
vil′lage•y, vil′lag•y, adj.
- 1. See community.
Vil•lage (vil′ij),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Names The, a city in central Oklahoma. 11,049.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ n
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