comunal

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin communālis, from Latin communis.

Adjective

comunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunals)

1. communal

Related terms

• comú

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comunal or Middle French communal; by surface analysis, comune +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmiu̯ˈnal/, /ˈkɔmiu̯nal/, /ˈkɔmənal/

Adjective

comunal

1. (hapax legomenon, Late Middle English) unequivocal

References

• “commū̆nāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin commūnālis

Portuguese comunal

Inherited from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis (“common, universal, public”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.muˈnaw/ [ko.muˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈnal/ [ku.muˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈnal/ [ku.muˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.muˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: co‧mu‧nal

Adjective

comunal m or f (plural comunais)

1. communal

Related terms

• comum

Further reading

• “comunal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comunal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French communal, from Latin communalis. Equivalent to comun +‎ -al.

Adjective

comunal m or n (feminine singular comunală, masculine plural comunali, feminine/neuter plural comunale)

1. communal

Declension

Declension of comunal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	comunal		comunală	comunali	comunale
	definite	comunalul		comunala	comunalii	comunalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	comunal		comunale	comunali	comunale
	definite	comunalului		comunalei	comunalilor	comunalelor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin communālislbor.

Spanish comunal

Learned borrowing from Late Latin communālis, from Latin commūnis (“common, universal, public”) + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komuˈnal/ [ko.muˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧mu‧nal

Adjective

comunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunales)

1. communal

Derived terms

• comunalmente

Related terms

• común

Further reading

• “comunal”, 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