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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian comune. Doublet of commune.

Pronunciation

Noun

comune (plural comuni or comunes)

  1. the smallest civil administrative unit in Italy, a municipality in Italy
    Synonym: municipality
  2. civil administrative unit in Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland
    Synonym: municipality

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈmu.ne/
  • Rhymes: -une
  • Hyphenation: co‧mù‧ne

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin commūnem, case form of commūnis (“common, ordinary”), from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic *kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-, derived from *ḱóm (“near, with”) and the root *mey- (“to exchange”).

Adjective

comune (plural comuni, superlative comunissimo)

  1. mutual, common
  2. (by extension) usual, ordinary, common
  3. (archaic) affable
  4. (archaic) impartial, unbiased, fair
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Noun

comune m (uncountable)

  1. (collective) majority, most
  2. ordinary (that which is ordinary)
    fuori dal comune ― out of the ordinary

Etymology 2

From Latin commūne, noun use of the neuter form of commūnis.

Noun

comune m (plural comuni)

  1. (historical) a form of city-based autonomous government
  2. comune, municipality
  3. (by extension) the administrative body of a municipality
  4. (obsolete) guild
    Synonyms: corporazione, (regional) gremio
Descendants
  • → Cimbrian: kamou

Etymology 3

Feminine variant of the above noun.

Noun

comune f (plural comuni)

  1. commune (community whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour)
  2. (historical, usually capitalized) either of the French revolutionary governments (of 1792 or of 1871)
  3. (obsolete, historical) a form of city-based autonomous government

Further reading

  • comune1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • comune2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • comune3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Middle English

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Verb

comune

  1. commune (share, communicate, participate, associate with, converse, confer, consult)
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister Ion Aston taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
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Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

comune

  1. plural of comună

Adjective

comune

  1. inflection of comun:
    1. feminine genitive/dative singular
    2. feminine/neuter plural
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