"communal" meaning in English

See communal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈmjuː.nəl/ [UK], /ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/ [UK], /kəˈmju.nəl/ [Canada, US], /kəˈmjʉː.nəl/ [General-Australian], /ˈkɔm.jə.nəl/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-uk-communal.ogg , en-ca-communal.oga Forms: more communal [comparative], most communal [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{bor|en|fr|communal}} French communal, {{der|en|LL.|commūnālis}} Late Latin commūnālis, {{der|en|la|commūnis}} Latin commūnis, {{doublet|en|cominal}} Doublet of cominal Head templates: {{en-adj}} communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)
  1. Pertaining to a community. Translations (pertaining to a community): комунален (komunalen) (Bulgarian), колективен (kolektiven) (Bulgarian), 社區的 (Chinese Mandarin), 社区的 (shèqū de) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteisöllinen (Finnish), communautaire (French), comunitario [masculine] (Galician), gemeinschaftlich (German), kommunal (German), קהילתי (qehilaty) [masculine] (Hebrew), קהילתית (qehilatyt) [feminine] (Hebrew), pobalda (Irish), pobail (Irish), comunitario (Italian), commūnālis (Latin), comunitário (Portuguese), comunitar [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), общи́нный (obščínnyj) (Russian), коммуна́льный (kommunálʹnyj) (Russian), комунални [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), за̏једничкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), опћедруштвени [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), komunalni [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), zȁjedničkī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), općedruštveni [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), komunitný (Slovak), comunitario (Spanish), samhällelig (Swedish), సామాజిక (sāmājika) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-communal-en-adj-en:of_a_community Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a community': 89 11 0
  2. Shared by a community; public. Translations (shared by a community; public): обществен (obštestven) (Bulgarian), 公共的 (gōnggòngde) (Chinese Mandarin), yhteinen (Finnish), commun [masculine] (French), común (Galician), páirteach (Irish), pobail (Irish), comhchoiteann (Irish), co-chadjin (Manx), comum (Portuguese), público (Portuguese), public [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), о́бщий (óbščij) (Russian), обще́ственный (obščéstvennyj) (Russian), коллекти́вный (kollektívnyj) (Russian), коммуна́льный (kommunálʹnyj) (Russian), komunitný (Slovak), verejný (Slovak), allmän (Swedish), gemensam (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-communal-en-adj-en:public Disambiguation of 'shared by a community; public': 7 92 1
  3. (India) Defined by religious ideas; based on religion. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-communal-en-adj-en:sectarian_rather_than_secular Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 96 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 0 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 11 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 9 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 0 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 9 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 8 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 0 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: common, community
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      "sense": "pertaining to a community",
      "word": "సామాజిక"
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
      "word": "común"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
      "word": "páirteach"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
      "word": "pobail"
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
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    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
      "word": "verejný"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "shared by a community; public",
      "word": "allmän"
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}

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