communal

Language

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#COMMUNAL Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (change)#COMMUNAL

Borrowed from French Category:English terms borrowed from French#COMMUNAL Category:English terms derived from French#COMMUNAL communal, from Late Latin Category:English terms derived from Late Latin#COMMUNAL commūnālis, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#COMMUNAL commūnis. Doublet of cominalCategory:English doublets#COMMUNAL.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#COMMUNAL Category:English 3-syllable words#COMMUNAL Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMMUNAL
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəˈmju.nəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#COMMUNALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMMUNAL
- Audio (Canada): (file)
  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#COMMUNAL
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjʉː.nəl/, /ˈkɔm.jə.nəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#COMMUNAL Category:English 3-syllable words#COMMUNAL Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COMMUNAL

Adjective

communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)Category:English lemmas#COMMUNAL Category:English adjectives#COMMUNAL Category:English entries with incorrect language header#COMMUNAL Category:Pages with entries#COMMUNAL Category:Pages with 2 entries#COMMUNAL

Pertaining to a community or a commune.
Shared by a community; public.
(India Category:Indian English#COMMUNAL) Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.
Antonym: secular

communal violence
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communal politics
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Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

pertaining to a community

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Bulgarian: комунален (bg) (komunalen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#COMMUNAL, колективен (bg) (kolektiven)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#COMMUNAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 社區的 / 社区的 (zh) (shèqū de)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#COMMUNAL, 社群的 (shèqūn de)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#COMMUNAL, 群體的 / 群体的 (qúntǐ de)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#COMMUNAL
Finnish: yhteisöllinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#COMMUNAL
French: communautaire (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#COMMUNAL
Galician: comunitario (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#COMMUNAL
German: gemeinschaftlich (de)Category:Terms with German translations#COMMUNAL, kommunal (de)Category:Terms with German translations#COMMUNAL
Hebrew: קהילתי m (qehilaty)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#COMMUNAL, קהילתית f (qehilatyt)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#COMMUNAL
Irish: pobaldaCategory:Terms with Irish translations#COMMUNAL, pobailCategory:Terms with Irish translations#COMMUNAL
Italian: comunitario (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#COMMUNAL
Latin: commūnālisCategory:Terms with Latin translations#COMMUNAL
Portuguese: comunitário (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#COMMUNAL
Romanian: comunitar (ro) m or nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#COMMUNAL
Russian: общи́нный (ru) (obščínnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL, коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: комуналниCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL, за̏једничкӣCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL, опћедруштвениCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL

Latin: komunalni (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL, zȁjedničkī (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL, općedruštveniCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#COMMUNAL
Slovak: komunitnýCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#COMMUNAL
Spanish: comunitario (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#COMMUNAL
Swedish: samhällelig (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#COMMUNAL
Telugu: సామాజిక (te) (sāmājika)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#COMMUNAL

shared by a community; public

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Bulgarian: обществен (bg) (obštestven)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#COMMUNAL
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公共的 (zh) (gōnggòngde)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#COMMUNAL
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} komunumaCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#COMMUNAL Category:Requests for review of Esperanto translations#COMMUNAL
Finnish: yhteinen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#COMMUNAL
French: commun (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#COMMUNAL
Galician: común (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#COMMUNAL
Irish: páirteachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#COMMUNAL, pobailCategory:Terms with Irish translations#COMMUNAL, comhchoiteannCategory:Terms with Irish translations#COMMUNAL
Manx: co-chadjinCategory:Terms with Manx translations#COMMUNAL
Portuguese: comum (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#COMMUNAL, público (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#COMMUNAL
Romanian: public (ro) m or nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#COMMUNAL
Russian: о́бщий (ru) (óbščij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL, обще́ственный (ru) (obščéstvennyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL, коллекти́вный (ru) (kollektívnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL, коммуна́льный (ru) (kommunálʹnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#COMMUNAL
Slovak: komunitnýCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#COMMUNAL, verejnýCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#COMMUNAL
Swedish: allmän (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#COMMUNAL, gemensam (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#COMMUNAL

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Category:French terms borrowed from Late Latin#COMMUNAL Category:French learned borrowings from Late Latin#COMMUNAL Category:French terms derived from Late Latin#COMMUNAL commūnālis, from Latin Category:French terms derived from Latin#COMMUNAL commūnis (whence commun). By surface analysis, commune +‎ -alCategory:French terms suffixed with -al#COMMUNAL.

Pronunciation

Adjective

communal (feminine communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)Category:French lemmas#COMMUNAL Category:French adjectives#COMMUNAL Category:French entries with incorrect language header#COMMUNAL Category:Pages with entries#COMMUNAL Category:Pages with 2 entries#COMMUNAL

(relational Category:French relational adjectives#COMMUNAL, administration) commune
Synonym: (historical) banal

Further reading

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

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