Spojenie

Spojenie is a Slovak noun meaning connection, link, coupling, or relationship. It can denote a physical connection between objects, a transport link between places, a network or communications link, or a social or conceptual bond between people or ideas. The term is used in everyday language as well as in technical and administrative contexts. In Slovak and other West Slavic languages there are cognates such as Czech spojení and Polish spojenie with closely related meanings.

The word derives from spojiť, to join, from Proto-Slavic roots related to joining. The noun form spojenie is formed with the root spoj- plus the suffix -enie. Similar words exist in related languages, reflecting the same semantic field.

Common uses include: infrastructure and transport, where spojenie describes a link between places or services (for example, spojenie medzi Bratislavou a Košicami means a connection between Bratislava and Košice); telecommunications and computing, where it denotes a network or Internet connection (internetové spojenie, spojenie s internetom); and social or abstract relations, where it can refer to personal bonds or coherence (spojenie medzi ľuďmi, rodinné spojenie).

See also: spojit, spojný, and cognate terms in related West Slavic languages.