communauté

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French com(m)unalté, alteration after comunal (see communal) of communité, itself borrowed from Latin communitātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.no.te/

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• Homophone: communautés

Noun

communauté f (plural communautés)

1. community

   Synonym: collectivité, Antonym: individu

2. commonwealth
3. (European Union, pre-2009) one of the European Communities

   Synonyms: Union européenne, communautés européennes

4. (Belgium) one of the three linguistic communities making up the country (French-, Flemish-, and German-speaking).

Derived terms

• communauté internationale
• (European Union) acquis communautaire

Related terms

• commun

Further reading

• “communauté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “communauté” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “communauté” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
• "European Community", Britannica [1]
• "The Communities", belgium.be (available in French, Dutch, German, and English) [2]