From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa).

Broadly overtook Old English wic#Noun, þorp#Noun_3, and ham#Noun_18.

The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.

• IPA: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/

village (plural villages)

1. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

   There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.

   • 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC ↗:

     […] belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards, […]

2. (British) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
3. (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
4. (Philippines) A gated community.

   After the storm, the park in our village was a mess.

• thorp (archaic)

• villa
• -wich
• wick

• French: village
• German: Dorf
• Italian: villaggio, borgo, paese
• Portuguese: aldeia, vila, povoado
• Russian: дере́вня
• Spanish: aldea, pueblo

• German: Kirchdorf
• Russian: село́