communautaire

French

Alternative forms

• communitaire

Etymology

From communauté +‎ -aire. Compare Latin commūnitārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.no.tɛʁ/

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Adjective

communautaire (plural communautaires)

1. (relational) community; communal
2. (often derogatory) behaviour of something or someone who actively wants to create smaller ethnic, religious or cultural communities out of or inside a wider society (see communautarisme)
3. (European Union, pre-2009) that relates to the European Communities
4. (Belgium) that relates to the linguistic communities that make up the country

Derived terms

• communautariser
• communautarisme
• communautariste

Further reading

• “communautaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012