Wiktionary

común

See also: comun

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin commūnis.

Adjective edit

común (epicene, plural comunes)

  1. common

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Latin commūnis.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

común m or f (plural comúns)

  1. common
    Synonym: xeral
  2. (law) communal and untransferable property, usually woods and heathland, belonging to all the neighbours of a given village or parish
    Synonym: mancomún
  3. public toilet
    Synonyms: baño, servizo, váter
    • 1934, Vicente Risco, Miteleuropa, page 13:
      Entón, pra ensaiá-lo robinsonismo da gran cibdade — porque a gran cibdade é propiamente a Jungle con toda a súa fauna — fixen unha cousa heroica: fun ao común, e laveime co'aquela auga aceitosa e espesa do tren, que cheira a carbón de pedra e á química sospeitosa dos desenfeitantes
      Then, for testing the Robinsonism of the big city —for the big city is properly the Jungle [in English on the original] with all of its fauna— I did some heroic thing: I went to the public toilet and I washed myself with the train's oily and thick water, which smells to mineral carbon and disinfectants' suspicious chemistry

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “común” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “común” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “común” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “común” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin commūnis (inherited as a noun, but as an adjective probably a borrowing or semi-learned term, being first attested relatively late).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /koˈmun/ [koˈmũn]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Syllabification: co‧mún

Adjective edit

común m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunes)

  1. common, ordinary
    Synonym: ordinario
  2. common, joint
    Synonym: conjunto
  3. usual
    Synonym: usual

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Noun edit

común m (plural comunes)

  1. all of the people or inhabitants of a city, town
  2. community
    Synonym: comunidad
  3. toilet
    Synonyms: baño, inodoro, excusado, aseo, retrete, servicio

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading edit

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