comuna

See also: comuña and comună

English

Noun

comuna (plural comunas)

1. The smallest administrative subdivision in Chile.

Catalan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kuˈmu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈmu.na]
• Rhymes: -una

Noun

comuna f (plural comunes)

1. toilet

Adjective

comuna

1. feminine singular of comú

Further reading

• “comuna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “comuna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “comuna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “comuna”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmũ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmu.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧mu‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Medieval Latin communialbor.

French communeder.

Portuguese comuna

Derived from French commune.

Alternative forms

• communa (pre-standardization spelling)

Noun

comuna f (plural comunas)

1. commune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)
2. commune (small rural community whose members share ownership of property)
3. a group of people who share an ideology and work together

Etymology 2

Clipping of comunista (“communist”).

Noun

comuna m or f by sense (plural comunas)

1. (derogatory) commie; red

Further reading

• “comuna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comuna”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “comuna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “comuna”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “comuna”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “comuna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈmuna]

Noun

comuna f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of comună

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Medieval Latin communialbor.

French communebor.

Spanish comuna

Borrowed from French commune.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmuna/ [koˈmu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: co‧mu‧na

Noun

comuna f (plural comunas)

1. commune

Related terms

• comunal

Further reading

• “comuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026