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From Middle English comun from Anglo-Norman comun from Old French comun (rare in Gallo-Romance. Reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Frankish gemeini, gamaini "common" in Old French) from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”) from Proto-Indo-European *ko-moin-i (“held in common”). Displaced native Middle English ȝemǣne, imene "common, general, universal" (from Old English ġemǣne "common, universal"), Middle English mǣne, mene "mean, common" (also from Old English ġemǣne "common, universal"), Middle English samen, somen "in common, together" (from Old English samen "together").
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: kŏm'ən, IPA: /ˈkɒmən/, SAMPA: /"kQm@n/
- (GenAm) enPR: kŏm'ən, IPA: /ˈkɑmən/, SAMPA: /"kAm@n/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmən
- Hyphenation: com‧mon
Adjective
common (comparative commoner or more common, superlative commonest or most common)
- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
- Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- It is common to find sharks off this coast.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
- Sharks are common in these waters.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
- Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns
- vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name
Synonyms
- (mutual): mutual, shared
- (usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread
- See also Wikisaurus:common
Antonyms
- (mutual): personal, individual
- (usual): rare, unusual, uncommon
- (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): few and far between, rare, uncommon
See also
Noun
common (plural commons)
Translations
mutual good
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Verb
to common (third-person singular simple present commons, present participle commoning, simple past and past participle commoned)
- (obsolete) To communicate (something).
- (obsolete) To converse, talk.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
- So long as Guyon with her commoned, / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
- (obsolete) To have sex.
Derived terms
- common name
- commonality
- commoner
- common gender
- the common good
- common noun
- commonplace
- commons
- commonsense
- House of Commons
- in common
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