Other forms: villages
A village is a very small settlement in the countryside. A quiet village, the village shop, live in a village.
In England there is no legal definition, though the presence of a church and the absence of a market are the traditional tests — a place with a market charter is a town. Villages are shrinking in services: the village shop, pub and post office have closed in large numbers. Note global village; and that it takes a village, meaning a child needs a whole community.
1nounvillageA very small settlement in the countryside.
“My grandparents live in a small village with one shop and a church.”
village is a settlement.
Old French village comes from Latin villaticus, from villa, a country house. It broadly replaced the Old English words wic, thorp and ham, which survive in place names.
Latin
vīllāticus
Old French
village
Middle English
village
English, today
village
From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin vīllāticus, 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA