different between communal vs corporate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin comm?n?lis, from Latin comm?nis. Doublet of cominal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??mju?.n?l/, /?k?.mj?.n?l/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /k??mju.n?l/

Adjective

communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)

1. pertaining to a community
2. shared by a community; public
3. (India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion

   Antonym: secular

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin comm?n?lis, from Latin comm?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.my.nal/
• Homophones: communale, communales

Adjective

communal (feminine singular communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)

1. of or relating to a commune

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Further reading

• “communal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to make into a body”), which in turn was formed from corpus (“body”). See also corpse.

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??.p??.?t/, /?k??.p??t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.p?.??t/, /?k??.p??t/
• (verb)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??.p??.e?t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.p?.?e?t/
• Hyphenation: cor?por?ate, corp?orate

Adjective

corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate)

1. Of or relating to a corporation.
2. Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
4. Related to corporation that franchises rather than an individual franchise.

   The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.

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Noun

corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates)

1. (finance) A bond issued by a corporation.
2. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
3. (business, uncountable) A corporation that franchises, as opposed to than an individual franchise.

   McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.

Verb

corporate (third-person singular simple present corporates, present participle corporating, simple past and past participle corporated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To incorporate.
   • 1598, John Stow, A Survey of London

     This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated.

References

• corporate at OneLook Dictionary Search
• corporate in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• corporate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• proto-race

Latin

Verb

corpor?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corpor?