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communal.

Pertaining to a community or a commune.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/kəˈmjuː.nəl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/Received-Pronunciation/kəˈmju.nəl/Canada, General-American/kəˈmjʉː.nəl/Australia

  1. Pertaining to a community or a commune.

  2. Shared by a community; public.

  3. Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

    India
    communal violence
    communal politics
Where this word comes from

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.

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