commune
pronunciation
How to pronounce commune in British English:
UK [ˈkɒmjuːn , kəˈmjuːn]
How to pronounce commune in American English:
US [ˈkɑːmjuːn , kəˈmjuːn]
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- Noun:
- the smallest administrative district of several European countries
- a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
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- Verb:
- communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
- receive Communion, in the Catholic church
Word Origin
- commune (v.)
- c. 1300, "have dealings with," from Old French comuner "to make common, share" (10c., Modern French communier), from comun (see common (adj.)). Meaning "to talk intimately" is late 14c. Related: Communed; communing.
- commune (n.)
- 1792, from French commune "small territorial divisions set up after the Revolution," from Middle French commune "free city, group of citizens" (12c.), from Medieval Latin communia, noun use of neuter plural of Latin adjective communis, literally "that which is common," from communis (see common (adj.)). The Commune of Paris usurped the government during the Reign of Terror. The word later was applied to a government on communalistic principles set up in Paris in 1871. Adherents of the 1871 government were Communards.
Example
- 1. It 's always spring in the commune , early 1970s
- 2. Richest village in china a capitalist commune
- 3. As farmers abandoned the land , their commune leaders reported hugely exaggerated grain output to show their ideological fervour .
- 4. Hu was eventually elected by her commune to study mechanics at a college in hefei -- the capital of anhui -- in 1974 .
- 5. Imagine the headquarters of lehman brothers converted into a commune .