communal
pronunciation
How to pronounce communal in British English:
UK [kəˈmjuːnl , ˈkɒmjənl]
How to pronounce communal in American English:
US [kəˈmjuːnl]
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- Adjective:
- for or by a group rather than individuals
- relating to a small administrative district or community
Word Origin
- communal (adj.)
- 1811 in reference to communes; 1843 in reference to communities, from French communal (Old French comunal, 12c.), from Late Latin communalis, from communa (see commune (n.)).
Example
- 1. A week later , she died of aids and her body was taken in a wheelbarrow to a communal grave .
- 2. They suspected that because western concepts of happiness are very personal - as opposed to communal - one 's social connections might suffer if one pursues happiness too intensely .
- 3. I could hear the soft murmur of voices and , at the end of the corridor , saw a cluster of people laughing and talking in the communal washing and cooking area .
- 4. According to research from psychologists at rice university in houston , such " communal " language can scuttle your chances of getting hired for a management job .
- 5. This communal spirit is still alive today : when you ask citizens of , for example , pisa how they identify themselves , they are likely to answer first as pisans , then as tuscans , and only after as italians or europeans .