commune
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[edit] Noun
Wikipedia commune (plural communes)
- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries.
- (obsolete) The commonalty; the common people..
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[edit] Translations
small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community
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[edit] Verb
commune (third-person singular simple present communes, present participle communing, simple past and past participle communed)
- (intransitive, followed by with) To be together with; to contemplate or absorb.
- He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
[edit] French
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commune f. (plural communes)
- commune (administrative subdivision)
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commune f.
- feminine form of commun
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[edit] Italian
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commune m. and f. (m and f plural communi)
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commune m. (plural communi)
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[edit] Latin
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commūne
