communal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/

  • Audio (UK):

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

  • Audio (Canada):

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjʉː.nəl/, /ˈkɔm.jə.nəl/

Adjective

communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)

2. Pertaining to a community.
4. shared by a community; public.
6. (India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

   Antonym: secular

   communal violence

   communal politics

Derived terms

• bicommunal
• communal bin
• communalect
• communalise
• communalism
• communalistic
• communalistic
• communality
• communalize
• communally
• communal shower
• ecocommunal
• intercommunal
• intracommunal
• multicommunal
• noncommunal
• pseudocommunal
• uncommunal

 

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 (gl) m German: gemeinschaftlich (de), kommunal (de) 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)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis (whence commun). By surface analysis, commune +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nal/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: communale, communales

Adjective

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

1. (relational, administration) commune

   Synonym: (historical) banal

Further reading

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