unir

Borrowed from Latin ūnīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uˈniɾ]
• Homophone: uní

unir (first-person singular present uneixo, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unit)

1. (transitive) to unite, join
2. (transitive) to combine
3. (transitive) to link together
4. (intransitive) to be united, to be joined
5. (pronominal) to join (a group), to become a participant or member of [with a]

• unir-se

• un

• “unir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “unir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “unir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “unir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Old French unir, borrowed from Latin ūnīre.

• IPA^(key): /y.niʁ/
• Rhymes: -iʁ

• Audio (Paris):

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unir

1. (transitive) to unite, join
2. (transitive) to combine

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• séparer

• Émirats arabes unis
• États-Unis d'Amérique
• prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous

• “unir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin ūnīre.

unir

1. to unite

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

From Latin ūnīre. Attested from the 14th century.^[1]

• Audio (Béarn):

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unir

1. to unite

• union

Learned borrowing from Latin ūnīre (“to unite”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one; single”).

• Homophone: uni (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: u‧nir

unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uni, past participle unido)

1. (transitive) to bind; to connect

   Synonyms: colar, conectar, grudar, jungir, juntar, ligar, prender, vincular

   Antonyms: desconectar, desprender, desvincular, separar

2. (ambitransitive) to unite (come or bring together as one)

   Synonyms: aliar, casar, conectar, juntar, vincular

   Antonyms: desvincular, separar

• “unir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “unir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “unir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “unir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “unir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “unir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin ūnīre.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /uˈniɾ/ [uˈniɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: u‧nir

unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unido)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to unite, join

   ¡Únete al sindicato!

   Join up with the union!

2. (transitive) to merge, conflate

• “unir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Latin ūnīre. Compare Italian unire.

unir

1. (transitive) to unite, join (together)

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnɪr/, /ˈɪnɪr/

unir

1. (literary) impersonal present/future of uno