comunicación

See also: comunicacion

Galician

Alternative forms

• comunicaçom, comunicação (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin commūnicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin communicatio, communicationemlbor.

Galician comunicación

Learned borrowing from Latin communicatio, communicationem.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /komunikaˈθjoŋ/ [ko.mũ.ni.kɑˈθjoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /komunikaˈθjoŋ/ [ko.mũ.ni.kɑˈθjoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /komunikaˈsjoŋ/ [ko.mũ.ni.kɑˈsjoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: co‧mu‧ni‧ca‧ción

Noun

comunicación f (plural comunicacións)

1. communication

Related terms

• comunicar

Further reading

• “comunicación”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s

Proto-Italic *kommoinis

Old Latin comoinis

Latin commūnis

Latin -ic-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin commūnicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin communicātiōnemlbor.

Spanish comunicación

Learned borrowing from Latin communicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komunikaˈθjon/ [ko.mu.ni.kaˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /komunikaˈsjon/ [ko.mu.ni.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧mu‧ni‧ca‧ción

Noun

comunicación f (plural comunicaciones)

1. communication

Derived terms

• comunicacional
• intercomunicación
• medio de comunicación
• medios de comunicación
• telecomunicación
• vía de comunicación

Related terms

• comunicar
• comunicativo

Descendants

• → Tagalog: komunikasyon

Further reading

• “comunicación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025