comunicacioun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- comenycacion, cominicacioun, cominicasion, communecacoun, communicacion, communication, communycacion, communycacioun, communycacyon, commynycacioun, comownycacyon, comunicacion, comunicacyon, comunicacyoun, comunycacyoun, komynykasyon
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman communicacion, Middle French communicacion, or their etymon Latin commūnicātiō; compare comun (“common”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˌmiu̯niˌkaːsiˈuːn/, /kɔˌmiu̯niˈkaːsjun/, /kɔmini-/
Noun
comunicacioun (uncountable) (Late Middle English, formal)
- Interconnection, interaction; the state of being associated:
- Discussion, deliberation, conferral.
- An instance of discussion or debate; a meeting.
- (rare) A communication or message.
- (rare) Similitude, resemblance.
- (rare) Frequency, commonness.
Descendants
- English: communication
References
- “commū̆nicāciǒun̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.