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/

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

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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

 

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)

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nal/

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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.