common
Betekenis
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- Mutual; shared by more than one.
- Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
- Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
- Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
- Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
- Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
- Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
- Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
- Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
- (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
- (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
Frequentie
Met koppelteken als
com‧mon
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈkɒm.ən/
Etymologie
From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina.
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