communal

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒ.mjə.nəl/

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

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communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)

1. pertaining to a community
2. shared by a community; public
3. (India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion

   communal violence

   communal politics

   Antonym: secular

Borrowed from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nal/

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• Homophones: communale, communales

communal (feminine singular communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)

1. of or relating to a commune

• “communal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).