commune

¹com·mune

verb \kə-ˈmyün\

com·munedcom·mun·ing

Definition of COMMUNE

transitive verb

obsolete

: talk over, discuss <have more to commune — Shakespeare>

intransitive verb

1

: to receive Communion

2

: to communicate intimately <commune with nature>

Examples of COMMUNE

1. a psychic who communes with the dead
2. <after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature>

Origin of COMMUNE

Middle English, to share, receive Communion, from Anglo-French communer, cummunier, from Late Latin communicare, from Latin

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to COMMUNE

Synonyms

bond, click, relate, hit it off

Related Words

befriend; empathize, identify, sympathize

Rhymes with COMMUNE

aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, blue moon, buffoon, Calhoun, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, cocoon, doubloon, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon, full moon, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun, half-moon, harpoon, high noon, immune, impugn, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, Maine coon, maroon, monsoon, Neptune, new moon, oppugn, Pashtun, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, premune, puccoon, quadroon, ratoon, repugn, rough-hewn, saloon, Sassoon, shalloon, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon, teaspoon, tribune, triune, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune, Walloon

²com·mune

noun \ˈkäm-ˌyün; kə-ˈmyün, kä-\

Definition of COMMUNE

1

: the smallest administrative district of many countries especially in Europe

2

: commonalty 1a

3

: community: as

a : a medieval usually municipal corporation

b (1) : mir (2) : an often rural community organized on a communal basis

Examples of COMMUNE

1. He's living in a religious commune.

Origin of COMMUNE

French, alteration of Middle French comugne, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin, neuter plural of communis

First Known Use: 1673

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism