communal C1 Topic:People & Society 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 commoncommunitycommunism Common collocations communal breeding 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # communal **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /kəˈmju.nəl/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈmjuː.nəl/ **Frequency rank:** 18377 ## Meanings 1. for or by a group rather than individuals 2. relating to a small administrative district or community ## Examples - They each dipped their bread into a communal dish of stew. - Communal elections in several European countries. ## Synonyms - societal ## Antonyms - individualistic ## Derived Forms - bicommunal - communalect - communalise - communalism - communalistic - communality - communalize - communally - ecocommunal - intercommunal - intracommunal - multicommunal ## Related Forms - common - community - communism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *mey- (change) - Root: communal - Root: commūnālis - Root: commūnis ## Etymology Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown