COMMUNE


Meaning of COMMUNE in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.