communal

communal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒ.mjə.nəl/

• Audio (UK)

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈmju.nəl/

• Audio (CA)

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Adjective

communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)

1. pertaining to a community
2. shared by a community; public
3. (India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion

   communal violence

   communal politics

   Antonym: secular

Derived terms

• bicommunal
• communalect
• communalise
• communalism
• communalistic
• communality
• communalize
• communally
• ecocommunal
• intercommunal
• intracommunal
• multicommunal
• noncommunal
• pseudocommunal

 

Related terms

• common
• community

 

Translations

pertaining to a community

Bulgarian: комунален (bg) (komunalen), колективен (bg) (kolektiven) Chinese: Mandarin: 社區的／社区的 (zh) (shèqū de) Finnish: yhteisöllinen (fi) French: communautaire (fr) Galician: comunitario m Hebrew: קהילתי‎ m (qehilaty), קהילתית‎ f (qehilatyt) Irish: pobalda, pobail Italian: comunitario (it) Latin: commūnālis Portuguese: comunitário (pt) Romanian: comunitar (ro) m or n Russian: общи́нный (ru) (obščínnyj), коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: комунални, за̏једничкӣ, опћедруштвени Roman: komunalni (sh), zȁjedničkī (sh), općedruštveni Slovak: komunitný Spanish: comunitario (es) Swedish: samhällelig (sv) Telugu: సామాజిక (te) (sāmājika)

shared by a community; public

Bulgarian: обществен (bg) (obštestven) Chinese: Mandarin: 公共的 (zh) (gōnggòngde) Esperanto: (please verify) komunuma Finnish: yhteinen (fi) French: commun (fr) m Galician: común (gl) Irish: páirteach, pobail, comhchoiteann Manx: co-chadjin Portuguese: comum (pt), público (pt) Romanian: public (ro) m or n Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij), обще́ственный (ru) (obščéstvennyj), коллекти́вный (ru) (kollektívnyj), коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj) Slovak: komunitný, verejný Swedish: allmän (sv), gemensam (sv)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nal/

• Audio (FR)

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• Homophones: communale, communales

Adjective

communal (feminine communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)

1. (relational) commune

Related terms

• commun
• communautaire
• communauté
• commune

 

Further reading

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