commune
/ˈkɑmjuːn/noun, verb
commune is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, commune means “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” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of commune is communes.
How many letters and syllables are in commune?
| Letters | 7: C-O-M-M-U-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is commune?
Commune appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce commune?
- UK /ˈkɒmjuːn/
- US /ˈkɑmjuːn/
As a verb (“To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to…”): /kəˈmjuːn/.
Commune has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-commune-noun.ogg, En-us-commune-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of commune
- communes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- communing participle, present
- communed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does commune mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
- 3
obsoleteThe commonalty; the common people.
- 4
obsoleteCommunion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
- 5
A self-governing city or league of citizens.
verb
- 1
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- 2
To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
- 3
To receive the communion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Commune in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | comuna , municipio |
| French | commune |
| German | Gemeinde, Kommune |
| Portuguese | freguesia, município |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does commune come 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).