comunal

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin communālis, from Latin communis.

Adjective

comunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunals)

1. communal

Related terms

• comú

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comunal or Middle French communal; by surface analysis, comune +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmiu̯ˈnal/, /ˈkɔmiu̯nal/, /ˈkɔmənal/

Adjective

comunal

1. (hapax legomenon, Late Middle English) unequivocal

References

• “commū̆nāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.muˈnaw/ [ko.muˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈnal/ [ku.muˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈnal/ [ku.muˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: co‧mu‧nal

Adjective

comunal m or f (plural comunais)

1. communal

Related terms

• comum

Further reading

• “comunal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “comunal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French communal, from Latin communalis. Equivalent to comun +‎ -al.

Adjective

comunal m or n (feminine singular comunală, masculine plural comunali, feminine/neuter plural comunale)

1. communal

Declension

Declension of comunal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	comunal		comunală		comunali	comunale
	definite	comunalul		comunala		comunalii	comunalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	comunal		comunale		comunali	comunale
	definite	comunalului		comunalei		comunalilor	comunalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin communālis, from Latin communis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komuˈnal/ [ko.muˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧mu‧nal

Adjective

comunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunales)

1. communal

Derived terms

• comunalmente

Related terms

• común

Further reading

• “comunal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024