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commune¹
- /ˈkɒmjuːn/ UK
- /ˈkɑmjuːn/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English commune, comune, from Old French comune, commune, from Medieval Latin commūnia, from Latin commūne (“community, state”), from commūnis (“common”). Doublet of comune. See also community, communion, common.
noun communes
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community. The town of Chu-chou in Hunan Province, carrying out the great directive of Chairman Mao that "educated youths must go to the villages," has put into practice factory-commune links, and under the leadership of cadres, has made a collective settlement of educated youths in commune and brigade farms,
- A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- The commonalty; the common people.
- Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends. For days of happy commune dead.
- A self-governing city or league of citizens. In 1117 the commune and archbishop had separate consuls at Milan.
commune²
- /kəˈmjuːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English communen, comunen, from Old French comuner (formed from comun (“common”)) and comunier (“to share”) (from Latin commūnico). Doublet of communicate.
verb communes · communing · communed
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. I would commune with you of such things / That want no ear but yours.
- To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb. He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
- To receive the communion. Namely, in these things, in prohibiting that none should commune alone, in making the People whole Communers, or in suffering them to Commune under both kinds […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: communicate, communal, district, community, municipality, municipal, borough, joint, local, town, city, common, hometown, corporation, commons, township
Translations
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noun small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community
| Español | comuna |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | κοινόβιο koinóvio |
| Русский | общи́на obščína |
| العربية | مَشَاعِيَّة mašāʕiyya |
| עברית | קבוצה \ קְבוּצָה kvutsá, קיבוץ \ קִבּוּץ kibúts |
noun local political division in many European countries and their former colonies
| Español | comuna, municipio |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 市镇 shìzhèn |
| Português | freguesia, município |
| Français | commune |
| Deutsch | Gemeinde, Kommune |
| Italiano | comune, comuna |
| Ελληνικά | κοινότητα koinótita |
| Română | comună, municipiu |
| Русский | комму́на kommúna, общи́на obščína |
| Tiếng Việt | xã |
Talk about this word "commune." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commune. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. commune. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/commune "commune." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commune.Cite this
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title = {commune},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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