cadascun
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editDeterminer
editcadascun (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
editReferences
edit- “cadascú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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- Rhymes:Catalan/un
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