chacun

Meaning

1. each, each one
2. every, everyone

Concepts

each

everyone

everybody

all

every

🔁

apiece

every one

individual

either

each one

each person

anyone

nothing

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

respectively

severally

men

to each one

for each one

from each one

anything

human

Synonyms

chaque

tout le monde

tous

chacune

tout

individuellement

respectivement

rien

celui qui

chaque année

chaque personne

les gens

par personne

les hommes

chacun respectivement

la pièce

aucun

🙅

la

le

lui

par

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃa.kœ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: chascun

Inherited from Old French: chascun

Cognate with Occitan: cadun

Cognate with Catalan: cadascun

Cognate with Italian: ciascuno

In summary

Inherited from Middle French chascun, from Old French chascun, from Vulgar Latin *cascunum, *casquunum, a conflation of quisque unum (“each one”) + *cata unum, a variant form showing a derivative of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) (this variant form survived into Old French as chaün). Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, Catalan cadascun, Italian ciascuno.

Sentences

La température invitait chacun à boire .

The temperature invited everyone to drink.

Je laisse cela à la réflexion de chacun d’entre nous .

I leave that to the reflection of each of us.

Chacun cultive son jardin comme il l’entend !

Everyone cultivates their garden as they see fit!

À leur centre chacun contient une cupule ampullaire.

At their center each contains an ampullary cup.

Le livre se termine sur une discographie très complète de chacun des artistes évoqués .

The book ends with a very complete discography of each of the artists mentioned.