English Explanatory Dictionary

communal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to a community or a commune.
Shared by a community; public.
Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

Pronunciation

/kəˈmjuː.nəl/ /ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/ /kəˈmju.nəl/ en-ca-communal.oga /kəˈmjʉː.nəl/ /ˈkɔm.jə.nəl/

Word forms

communal more communal most communal

Etymology

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

Antonyms

secular

Related words

common community

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: комунален Bulgarian: колективен Chinese Mandarin: 社區的 /社区的 Chinese Mandarin: 社群的 Chinese Mandarin: 群體的 /群体的 Finnish: yhteisöllinen French: communautaire Galician: comunitario German: gemeinschaftlich German: kommunal Hebrew: קהילתי Hebrew: קהילתית Irish: pobalda Irish: pobail Italian: comunitario Latin: commūnālis Portuguese: comunitário Romanian: comunitar Russian: общи́нный Russian: коммуна́льный Serbo-Croatian: комунални Serbo-Croatian: за̏једничкӣ Serbo-Croatian: опћедруштвени Serbo-Croatian: komunalni Serbo-Croatian: zȁjedničkī Serbo-Croatian: općedruštveni Slovak: komunitný Spanish: comunitario Swedish: samhällelig Telugu: సామాజిక

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