Meanings
plural kibbutzim · plural kibbutzes
- A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.
The kibbutzim along the Gaza border have been socialist communes and some of the most tenacious bastions of the Israeli left. I know people from those kibbutzim who, after years of almost daily rocket attacks from Gaza, still clung to the hope of peace, as if to a religious cult.
2023 October 12, Yuval Noah Harari, “Israelis and Palestinians are facing their moment of greatest danger since 1948”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2023
Origin
- Hebrewקִבּוּץ
- Englishkibbutz
From Hebrew קִבּוּץ (kibúts), derived from the verb קָבַץ (kaváts, “to gather, collect, assemble”). Not related to kibitz.
More words from Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kibboets
- kibboetsa community
Arabic كِيبُوتْس, مُسْتَوْطَنَة زِرَاعِيَّة
- كِيبُوتْس (kibuts)a community
- مُسْتَوْطَنَة زِرَاعِيَّةa community
Bulgarian кибуц
- кибуц (kibuc)a community
Catalan quibuts
- quibutsa community
Chinese Mandarin 基布茲 /基布兹
- 基布茲 /基布兹 (jībùzī)a community
Czech kibuc
- kibuca community
Dutch kibboets
- kibboetsa community
Esperanto kibuco
- kibucoa community
Estonian kibuts
- kibutsa community
Finnish kibbutsi
- kibbutsia community
French kibboutz
- kibboutza community
German Kibbuz
- Kibbuza community
Greek κιμπούτς
- κιμπούτς (kimpoúts)a community
Hebrew קיבוץ \ קִבּוּץ
- קיבוץ \ קִבּוּץ (kibúts)a community
Hungarian kibuc
- kibuca community
Indonesian kibbutz
- kibbutza community
Italian kibbutz
- kibbutza community
Japanese キブツ
- キブツ (kibutsu)a community
Korean 키부츠
- 키부츠 (kibucheu)a community
Latvian kibucs
- kibucsa community
Lithuanian kibucas
- kibucasa community
Polish kibuc
- kibuca community
Portuguese kibutz
- kibutza community
Romanian kibuț, kibbutz
- kibuța community
- kibbutza community
Russian кибу́ц
- кибу́ц (kibúc)a community
Slovak kibuc
- kibuca community
Spanish kibutz
- kibutza community
Swahili kibutsi
- kibutsia community
Swedish kibbutz
- kibbutza community
Tagalog kibuts
- kibutsa community
Tamil கிப்புட்ஸ்
- கிப்புட்ஸ் (kippuṭs)a community
Turkish kibbutz
- kibbutza community
Ukrainian кібу́ц
- кібу́ц (kibúc)a community
Welsh cibwts
- cibwtsa community
Yiddish קיבוץ
- קיבוץ (kibuts)a community
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with kibbutz
All rhymes →Cite this entry
kibbutz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kibbutz
“kibbutz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kibbutz. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kibbutz,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kibbutz.
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