communitas

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin commūnitās. Doublet of community. === Noun === communitas (countable and uncountable, plural communitates) (sociology) An unstructured community of common experience. (sociology) The very spirit of community; an intense community spirit, the feeling of great social equality, solidarity, and togetherness. == Latin == === Etymology === From commūnis (“common, public”) + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈmuː.nɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈmuː.ni.tas] === Noun === commūnitās f (genitive commūnitātis); third declension a community public spirit, a sense of duty and willingness to serve one's community ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== commūniō commūnis ==== Descendants ==== === References === “communitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “communitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "communitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) communitas in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016