different between racial vs communal

English

Etymology

1862, race +? -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e???l/
• Rhymes: -e???l

Adjective

racial (comparative more racial, superlative most racial)

1. Of or relating to a race (or a people).

   the racial complexion

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Translations

Noun

racial (plural racials)

1. (gaming) A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.

Further reading

• "racial" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 248.

Anagrams

• Alaric, Arcila, Claira

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra.si?al/

Adjective

racial (masculine and feminine plural racials)

1. racial

Related terms

• raça

Further reading

• “racial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

race +? -ial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sjal/

Adjective

racial (feminine singular raciale, masculine plural raciaux, feminine plural raciales)

1. racial

Related terms

• race
• racialement
• racialiser

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• raclai

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais)

1. racial

Further reading

• “racial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

raça +? -ial

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?a?sjaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???sja?/

Adjective

racial m or f (plural raciais, comparable)

1. Of or relating to a race of people; racial.
2. (biology) Of or related to a race or subspecies of a population; racial.
3. Of or relating to a breed of animal; racial.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English racial; compare raza (“race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ra??jal/, [ra??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ra?sjal/, [ra?sjal]
• Hyphenation: ra?cial

Adjective

racial (plural raciales)

1. racial

Related terms

• raza

Further reading

• “racial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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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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

Related terms

Further reading

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