communal

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈmju.nəl/ UK /kəˈmjuː.nəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #18377

Meanings

1

adj
for or by a group rather than individuals

They each dipped their bread into a communal dish of stew.
2

adj
relating to a small administrative district or community

Communal elections in several European countries.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

societal

Opposites

individualistic

Word family

Derived forms bicommunalcommunalectcommunalisecommunalismcommunalisticcommunalitycommunalizecommunallyecocommunalintercommunalintracommunalmulticommunal

Related forms common community communism

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Phrases (1)

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communal breeding
reproduction by animals that live or nest together in a group

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European communal French commūnālis la-lat commūnis Latin

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