cadascun
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cascunum or *casquunum, a conflation of Latin quisque ūnum (“each one”) and *catunum, from cata (<Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) ūnum. Or from a crossing of cada and Old Catalan quiscun. Compare Occitan cadun, cascun~chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)
- (~ de) each one (of)
- Synonym: cada un
- Cadascuna de les tres noies van rebre un premi.
- Each of the three girls got a prize.
Usage notes edit
- The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “cadascú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.