name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/kəʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
rhymes with -ɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:K OW2 AH0 L IH1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
Ellipsis of Coalition of the Liberal Party and National Party, the Liberal-National coalition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
Ellipsis of Coalition of the Willing (“the coalition of nations operating under United States command against Iraq, in the U.S.-Iraq War (Gulf War II; "Iraq War") and its aftermath”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
Any of several series of nations allied against France in the Napoleonic Wars; in the War of the First Coalition, War of the Second Coalition, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
The Coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, emphasising its pro-coal policies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, derogatory, mildly, slang
Topics: government, politics
Examples
2017 Giles Parkinson, Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition Renew Economy, 11 September 2017. Accessed 3 June 2019.
2019 David Llewellyn-Smith, Can Albo out-coal the COALition? MacroBusiness, 28 May 2019. Accessed 3 June 2019.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alliance, alignment, alinement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organization, organisation
Narrower terms: combination, allies, bloc, axis, Central Powers, entente, entente cordiale, popular front, world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization, Northern Alliance, United Front
9
noun
Meaning 9
the state of being combined into one body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin alēscō Latin coalēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin coalitiōder. Middle French coalitionbor. English coalition Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus. Compare coalescence.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
koalicion
— group of organizations
Arabic:
تَحَالُف
(taḥāluf)
— group of organizations
Arabic:
اِئْتِلَاف
(iʔtilāf)
— group of organizations
Armenian:
կոալիցիա
(koalicʻia)
— group of organizations
Armenian:
դաշնակցություն
(dašnakcʻutʻyun)
— group of organizations
Asturian:
coalición
— group of organizations
Azerbaijani:
koalisiya
— group of organizations
Belarusian:
каалі́цыя
(kaalícyja)
— group of organizations
Bengali:
জোট
(jōṭ)
— group of organizations
Bulgarian:
коали́ция
(koalícija)
— group of organizations
Burmese:
ညွန့်ပေါင်း
(nywan.paung:)
— group of organizations
Chinese Mandarin:
聯合 /联合
(liánhé)
— group of organizations
Czech:
koalice
— group of organizations
Danish:
koalition
— group of organizations
Dutch:
coalitie
— group of organizations
Estonian:
koalitsioon
— group of organizations
Faroese:
samgonga
— group of organizations
Finnish:
liittouma
— group of organizations
Finnish:
liittokunta
— group of organizations
Finnish:
koalitio
— group of organizations
French:
coalition
— group of organizations
Galician:
coalición
— group of organizations
Georgian:
კოალიცია
(ḳoalicia)
— group of organizations
German:
Koalition
— group of organizations
Greek:
συνασπισμός
(synaspismós)
— group of organizations
Hebrew:
קוֹאָלִיצְיָה
(ko'alítsya)
— group of organizations
Hindi:
गठबंधन
(gaṭhbandhan)
— group of organizations
Hungarian:
koalíció
— group of organizations
Icelandic:
bandalag
— group of organizations
Indonesian:
koalisi
— group of organizations
Irish:
comhghuaillíocht
— group of organizations
Italian:
blocco
— group of organizations
Italian:
coalizione
— group of organizations
Japanese:
連立
(renritsu)
— group of organizations
Kazakh:
коалиция
(koalisiä)
— group of organizations
Khmer:
សហពលកម្ម
(saʼhaʼpŭəllĕəʼkam)
— group of organizations
Korean:
제휴
(jehyu)
— group of organizations
Korean:
연립
(yeollip)
— group of organizations
Korean:
련립
(ryeollip)
— group of organizations
Korean:
연합
(yeonhap)
— group of organizations
Korean:
련합
(ryeonhap)
— group of organizations
Kyrgyz:
коалиция
(koalitsiya)
— group of organizations
Latin:
societās
— group of organizations
Latvian:
koalīcija
— group of organizations
Lithuanian:
koalicija
— group of organizations
Macedonian:
коалиција
(koalicija)
— group of organizations
Malay:
gabungan
— group of organizations
Māori:
haumi
— group of organizations
Norwegian Bokmål:
koalisjon
— group of organizations
Norwegian Nynorsk:
koalisjon
— group of organizations
Occitan:
coalicion
— group of organizations
Pashto:
ائتلاف
(etelãf)
— group of organizations
Persian:
ائتلاف
(e'telâf)
— group of organizations
Polish:
koalicja
— group of organizations
Portuguese:
coalizão
— group of organizations
Portuguese:
coligação
— group of organizations
Romanian:
coaliție
— group of organizations
Russian:
коали́ция
(koalícija)
— group of organizations
Scottish Gaelic:
aonachadh
— group of organizations
Scottish Gaelic:
co-bhanntachd
— group of organizations
Serbo-Croatian:
коали́ција
— group of organizations
Serbo-Croatian:
koalícija
— group of organizations
Slovak:
koalícia
— group of organizations
Slovene:
koalicija
— group of organizations
Spanish:
coalición
— group of organizations
Spanish:
coligación
— group of organizations
Spanish:
coligamiento
— group of organizations
Spanish:
coligadura
— group of organizations
Swedish:
koalition
— group of organizations
Tagalog:
koalisyon
— group of organizations
Tajik:
эътилоф
(e'tilof)
— group of organizations
Tamil:
கூட்டணி
(kūṭṭaṇi)
— group of organizations
Thai:
พันธมิตร
(pan-tá-mít)
— group of organizations
Turkish:
koalisyon
— group of organizations
Ukrainian:
коалі́ція
(koalícija)
— group of organizations