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"community" in seven languages

Meaningcommunity

Spanish

comunidad

/komuniˈdad/

fem.learned

French

communauté

/kɔmynote/

fem.learned

Old French communité, refashioned on commun 'common'.

Italian

comunità

/komuniˈta/

fem.learned

Portuguese

comunidade

/komuniˈdadʒi/

fem.learned

Romanian

comunitate

/komuniˈtate/

fem.learned

Catalan

comunitat

/kumuniˈtat/

fem.learned

English

community

/kəˈmjunəti/

from Latin/French · Old French comunité, from Latin

English → ItaliancommunitycomunitàCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

COMMŪNITĀTEM‘fellowship, common ownership’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A textbook -TĀTEM word: -dad, -té, -tà, -ty. In Spain comunidad also names the 17 regions (comunidades autónomas).

English relatives: common, communal, communicate, commune

Sound laws at work

-TĀTEM: -dad, -té, -tà

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In a sentence

  • esTrabaja para la comunidad local.
  • frElle travaille pour la communauté locale.
  • itLavora per la comunità locale.
  • ptEla trabalha para a comunidade local.
  • roLucrează pentru comunitatea locală.
  • caTreballa per a la comunitat local.
  • enShe works for the local community.

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