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Webster 1913 Edition

Commune

Com-mune′

(kŏm-mūn′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Communed
(kŏm-mūnd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Communing
.]
[OF.
communier
, fr. L.
communicare
to communicate, fr.
communis
common. See
Common
, and cf.
Communicate
.]
1.
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
I would
commune
with you of such things
That want no ear but yours.
Shakespeare
2.
To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord’s supper.
To
commune
under both kinds.
Bp. Burnet.
To commune with one's self
or
To commune with one's heart
,
to think; to reflect; to meditate.

Com′mune

(kŏm′mūn)
,
Noun.
Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
For days of happy
commune
dead.
Tennyson.

Com′mune

(kŏm′mūn)
,
Noun.
[F., fr.
commun
. See
Common
.]
1.
The commonalty; the common people.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
In this struggle – to use the technical words of the time – of the “
commune
”, the general mass of the inhabitants, against the “prudhommes” or “wiser” few.
J. R. Green.
2.
A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
Arrondissement
.
3.
Absolute municipal self-government.
The Commune of Paris
, or
The Commune
(a)
The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the “Reign of Terror.”
(b)
The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commune

COMMUNE

, v.i.
1.
To converse; to talk together familiarly; to impart sentiments mutually, in private or familiar discourse; followed by with before the person.
And there will I meet and commune with thee. Ex. 25.
2.
To have intercourse in contemplation or meditation.
Commune with your own heart or your bed. Ps. 4.
3.
To partake of the sacrament or Lords supper; to receive the communion; a common use of the word in America, as it is in the Welsh.

COMMUNE

,
Noun.
A small territorial district in France--one of the subordinate divisions of the country introduced in the late revolution.
Communibus annis, one year with another; on an average.
Communibus locis, one place with another; on a medium.

Definition 2024

Commune

Commune

See also: commune

French

Noun

Commune f ‎(plural Communes)

  1. Either of the French revolutionary governments (of 1792 or of 1871)

commune

commune

See also: Commune

English

Pronunciation

Noun

commune ‎(plural communes)

  1. 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.
  2. A local political division in many European countries.
  3. (obsolete) The commonalty; the common people.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  4. (obsolete) communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends
    • Tennyson
      For days of happy commune dead.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French comuner ‎(“to share”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kəmyo͞on', IPA(key): /kəˈmjuːn/

Verb

commune ‎(third-person singular simple present communes, present participle communing, simple past and past participle communed)

  1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
    • Shakespeare
      I would commune with you of such things / That want no ear but yours.
  2. (intransitive, followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
    He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
  3. To receive the communion.
    • Bishop Gilbert Burnet
      Namely, in these things, in prohibiting that none should commune alone, in making the people whole communers, or in suffering them to commune under both kinds […]

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin communia, neuter plural of Latin communis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmyn/

Noun

commune f ‎(plural communes)

  1. commune (administrative subdivision)

Descendants

Adjective

commune

  1. feminine singular of commun

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

commune m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural communi)

  1. Obsolete form of comune.

Noun

commune m ‎(plural communi)

  1. Obsolete form of comune.

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

commūne

  1. nominative neuter singular of commūnis
  2. accusative neuter singular of commūnis
  3. vocative neuter singular of commūnis

References

Etymology

From French commune, in turn deriving from Latin.

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