common

Meaning

Adj

1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
2. Of a quality: existing among virtually all people; universal.
3. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
4. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
5. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
6. As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
7. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal.
8. Arising from use or tradition, as opposed to being created by a legislative body.
9. Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.
10. Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
11. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
12. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.

Noun

1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
2. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
3. The people; the community.
4. The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
2. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
3. (obsolete) To have sex.
4. (obsolete) To participate.
5. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
6. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Synonyms

ordinary

usual

general

regular

vulgar

normal

joint

mutual

shared

commonplace

public

customary

widespread

popular

collective

universal

frequent

average

plain

current

mediocre

simple

familiar

habitual

coarse

prevalent

conventional

all

lowly

prevailing

generally

plebeian

everyday

communal

trivial

same

trite

humble

banal

reciprocal

natural

mean

low

uncouth

single

sole

corporate

mere

cheap

park

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Translations

commun

común

comune

comum

gewöhnlich

gemeinsam

comú

ordinaire

ordinario

allgemein

κοινός

ordinario

vulgaire

gemein

gewoon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.ən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: comun

Cognate with Middle English: imene

Cognate with Old English: ġemǣne

Cognate with Middle English: mene

In summary

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 and mean.

Sentences

This implies a difference between common people and the elite .

Most of the songs have a common apocalyptic theme .

Electret materials are quite common in nature .

However , the term " multitasking " is more common in this context .

Danehill Chapel at Chelwood Common is a small Evangelical church .