communal

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

• (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/

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.

   Antonym: secular

   communal violence

   communal politics

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nal/

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• Homophones: communale, communales

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

1. (relational, administration) commune

   Synonym: (historical) banal

• “communal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.