Translation
commune, municipality
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Word origin
From Medieval Latin communia ('community, body of citizens'), from Latin communis ('shared, common'). English 'commune' was borrowed from French.
- Origin
- Medieval Latin
- Root
- communia
- English cognates
- commune, common, community
Grammar
Examples
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My commune has barely two thousand inhabitants.
inauguré .
The mayor of the commune opened the new school.
France - .
France has roughly thirty-five thousand communes.
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Each commune organises its own local festivals.
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They live in a neighbouring commune, five kilometres from here.
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