communautaire

community-based, communal

adjective koh-mu-noh-TAIR Rare

Also means

(EU) Community (as in European Community)

Usage Note

Communautaire has two distinct uses in French: the general sense of 'relating to a community' (projet communautaire — community project), and the specific EU sense meaning 'relating to the European Community' (droit communautaire — EU law). The EU meaning is very frequent in French political and legal discourse and should not be confused with the social sense.

Examples

"Ce projet communautaire réunit tous les habitants."

Natural Translation

This community project brings all the residents together.

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