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communal

French → English

adj//kɔ.my.nal//

(administrative) Municipal: relating to or belonging to a town or commune

Le lavoir communal est un vestige historique du village.

(English) The municipal laundry house is a historical vestige of the village.

Les archives communales conservent des documents datant du Moyen Âge.

(English) The municipal archives keep documents dating back to the Middle Ages.

noun//kɔ.my.nal//

(agriculture) Commons: shared land where residents can graze their herds

Le paysan faisait paître ses vaches sur le communal du village.

(English) The farmer grazed his cows on the village commons.

La ville a rendu les communaux aux petits paysans de la région.

(English) The city returned the common lands to the small farmers of the region.

Entry ID: fr:en:communal · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary