noun · 5 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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈəʊnəʃɪp/
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CMU ARPABET:OW1 N ER0 SH IH2 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Responsibility for or control over something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business
Examples
The successful candidate will take ownership of all internal design projects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the act of having and controlling property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English ownership From owner + -ship.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُلْكِيَّة
(mulkiyya)
— legal status
Arabic:
ملكية
(mulkīya)
— legal status
Asturian:
propiedá
— legal status
Belarusian:
улада́нне
(uladánnje)
— legal status
Belarusian:
улада́ньне
(uladánʹnje)
— legal status
Belarusian:
вало́данне
(valódannje)
— legal status
Belarusian:
вало́даньне
(valódanʹnje)
— legal status
Bengali:
মালিকানা
(malikana)
— legal status
Bulgarian:
владе́ние
(vladénie)
— legal status
Bulgarian:
притежание
(pritežanie)
— legal status
Catalan:
propietat
— legal status
Chinese Mandarin:
所有權 /所有权
(suǒyǒuquán)
— legal status
Czech:
vlastnictví
— legal status
Dutch:
eigendom
— legal status
Finnish:
omistus
— legal status
Finnish:
omistaminen
— legal status
French:
propriété
— legal status
Galician:
propiedade
— legal status
Georgian:
საკუთრება
(saḳutreba)
— legal status
Georgian:
ფლობა
(ploba)
— legal status
Georgian:
მფლობელობა
(mplobeloba)
— legal status
Georgian:
მესაკუთრეობა
(mesaḳutreoba)
— legal status
German:
Eigentum
— legal status
Hindi:
मल्कियत
(malkiyat)
— legal status
Hindi:
स्वामित्व
(svāmitva)
— legal status
Hungarian:
tulajdonjog
— legal status
Indonesian:
kepemilikan
— legal status
Indonesian:
pemilikan
— legal status
Irish:
dílseacht
— legal status
Irish:
úinéireacht
— legal status
Italian:
proprietà
— legal status
Italian:
padronanza
— legal status
Japanese:
所有権
(shoyūken)
— legal status
Korean:
소유권
(soyugwon)
— legal status
Latin:
dominium
— legal status
Latin:
proprietas
— legal status
Low German:
Egendom
— legal status
Macedonian:
владеење
(vladeenje)
— legal status
Malay:
pemilikan
— legal status
Malayalam:
ഉടമസ്ഥത
(uṭamasthata)
— legal status
Māori:
rangatiratanga
— legal status
Norwegian Nynorsk:
eigarskap
— legal status
Old English:
āgenung
— legal status
Polish:
własność
— legal status
Polish:
posiadanie
— legal status
Portuguese:
propriedade
— legal status
Romanian:
proprietate
— legal status
Romanian:
proprietăți
— legal status
Russian:
владе́ние
(vladénije)
— legal status
Russian:
со́бственность
(sóbstvennostʹ)
— legal status
Russian:
пра́во со́бственности
(právo sóbstvennosti)
— legal status
Serbo-Croatian:
vlasništvo
— legal status
Slovak:
vlastnenie
— legal status
Slovene:
lastništvo
— legal status
Spanish:
propiedad
— legal status
Spanish:
tituralidad
— legal status
Spanish:
dueñesco
— legal status
Spanish:
juro
— legal status
Sumerian:
𒉆𒈗
(nam-lugak)
— legal status
Swahili:
umilikaji
— legal status
Swedish:
ägande
— legal status
Swedish:
ägarskap
— legal status
Tagalog:
pagmamay-ari
— legal status
Telugu:
స్వామ్యం
(svāmyaṁ)
— legal status
Turkish:
sahiplik
— legal status
Turkish:
iyelik
— legal status
Turkish:
malik
— legal status
Ottoman Turkish:
صاحبلك
(sahiblik)
— legal status
Ottoman Turkish:
ملكیت
(mülkiyet)
— legal status
Ukrainian:
володі́ння
(volodínnja)
— legal status
Welsh:
perchnogaeth
— legal status
Dutch:
verantwoordelijkheid nemen
— responsibility for something
German:
Verantwortung (with übernehmen)
— responsibility for something
Polish:
odpowiedzialność
— responsibility for something