Catalan

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Etymology

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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

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Determiner

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cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)

  1. (~ 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

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  • The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.
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References

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  • “cadascú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.