commune

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the smallest administrative district of several European countries
  2. noun a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
  3. verb communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity

Etymology

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.

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