comuna

comuna (plural comunas)

1. The smallest administrative subdivision in Chile.

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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈmu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈmu.na]
• Rhymes: -una

comuna f (plural comunes)

1. toilet

comuna

1. feminine singular of comú

• “comuna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “comuna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “comuna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “comuna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧mu‧na

From French commune.

• communa (pre-standardization spelling)

comuna f (plural comunas)

1. commune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)
2. commune (small rural community whose members share ownership of property)
3. a group of people who share an ideology and work together

Clipping of comunista (“communist”).

comuna m or f by sense (plural comunas)

1. (derogatory) commie; red

• “comuna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “comuna”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “comuna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “comuna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “comuna”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “comuna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [koˈmuna]

comuna f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of comună

From French commune

• IPA^(key): /koˈmuna/ [koˈmu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: co‧mu‧na

comuna f (plural comunas)

1. commune

• “comuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024