Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

communal

/kəˈmju.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
com-mu-nal
IPA
/kəˈmju.nəl/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a community or a commune.

adj

Shared by a community; public.

adj

Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *mey- (change), communal, commūnālis, commūnis

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kəˈmju.nəl/
  • British English: /kəˈmjuː.nəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more communal (comparative) most communal (superlative)

Derived Forms

bicommunal communalect communalise communalism communalistic communality communalize communally ecocommunal intercommunal intracommunal multicommunal

Phrases

communal bin communal shower

Frequently Paired Words

common community

Antonyms

secular

Rhymes With

tribunal monsoonal

Questions

How do you pronounce communal?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmju.nəl/.
What does communal mean?
Pertaining to a community or a commune.
Where does communal come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce communal

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