commune

1. 1.

   the smallest administrative district of several European countries

   Broaderadministrative district

   Belgium · France · Italy

2. 2.

   a body of people or families living together and sharing everything

   Broadergathering

1. 1.

   communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity

   “He seemed to commune with nature”

   Broadercommunicate

   Narrowerpray
2. 2.

   receive Communion, in the Catholic church

   Synonymscommunicate

   Broadercovenant

Other forms of commune

plural

communes·

past tense

communed·

present participle

communing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about commune

What does commune mean?

commune means "the smallest administrative district of several European countries". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in commune?

commune has 2 syllables: com-mune. The stress falls on "com". In IPA it is /ˈkɑmjun/.

What is another word for commune?

Close synonyms include communicate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is commune a common word?

commune 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.