I. kə-ˈmyün verb
( com·muned ; com·mun·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, to share, receive Communion, from Anglo-French communer, cummunier, from Late Latin communicare, from Latin
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
obsolete : talk over , discuss
have more to commune — Shakespeare
intransitive verb
1. : to receive Communion
2. : to communicate intimately
commune with nature
II. ˈkäm-ˌyün; kə-ˈmyün, kä- noun
Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French comugne, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin, neuter plural of communis
Date: 1673
1. : the smallest administrative district of many countries especially in Europe
2. : commonalty 1a
3. : community: as
a. : a medieval usually municipal corporation
b.
(1) : mir
(2) : an often rural community organized on a communal basis