communal
French, adjective/kɔ.my.nal/
communal is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-A-L (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Communal is a French adjective meaning “commune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne une commune ou les communes ; qui appartient à une commune”.
What does communal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
commune
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne une commune ou les communes ; qui appartient à une commune.
noun: 1. Propriété d’une commune et plus particulièrement les pâturages où les habitants d’une ou de plusieurs communes ont droit d’envoyer leurs troupeaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of communal
- communale feminine
- communaux masculine plural
- communales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce communal?
- /kɔ.my.nal/
- \kɔ.my.nal\
- [kɔ.my.nal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to communal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is communal in French?
communal appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).