communal

adjectiveattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//kəˈmjuː.nəl//
United Kingdom//ˈkɒm.jə.nəl//
Canada//kəˈmju.nəl//
Australia//kəˈmjʉː.nəl//

Pertaining to a community or a commune.

adjective

1
Pertaining to a community or a commune.
2
Shared by a community; public.
3
Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.
communal violence
communal politics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commūnālislbor. French communalbor. English communal Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

Forms

comparative: more communal
superlative: most communal

commonwealth · The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.Commonwealth · The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations…commotion · A state of turbulent motion.

communal · Pertaining to a community or a commune.

commune · A small community, often rural, whose members share in the…communicate · To impart. To impart or transmit (information or knowledge)…communicating · Allowing people to pass directly between two rooms.

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