commune

communauté

Groupe de personnes qui vivent ensemble et partagent leurs biens et leur travail.

En anglais simple : A group of people who live together and share their property and work.

• They live in a commune.
• Everyone in the commune helps prepare meals.
• She joined a farming commune after leaving the city.

Synonymes : collective

Expressions courantes : live in a commune, join a commune, rural commune

commune

Ville ou territoire ayant sa propre administration locale dans certains pays.

En anglais simple : A town or area with its own local government in certain countries.

• The commune elected a new mayor.
• This French commune has fewer than five hundred residents.
• Three neighboring communes share a water supply.

Synonymes : municipality

Expressions courantes : rural commune, local commune, commune council

communier

Se sentir profondément uni à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose, souvent dans le silence ou sur le plan spirituel.

En anglais simple : To feel deeply connected with someone or something, often quietly or spiritually.

• He sat outside to commune with nature.
• She communed with God in silent prayer.
• They felt they could commune with the spirits of their ancestors.

Comment l'utiliser : commune with someone/something (She went into the woods to commune with nature.)

Expressions courantes : commune with nature, commune with god, commune with someone