communal

1. 1.

   for or by a group rather than individuals

   “dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew”

   “a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared”

   “a group effort”

   Similarcommon
2. 2.

   relating to a small administrative district or community

   “communal elections in several European countries”

Questions about communal

What does communal mean?

communal means "for or by a group rather than individuals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in communal?

communal has 3 syllables: com-mu-nal. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /kəˈmjunəl/.

Is communal a common word?

communal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.