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• Received-Pronunciation: kŏm'ən
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən/
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• General-American: kä'mən
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• General-American: /ˈkɑ.mən/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑ.mɪn/
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• obsolete: kŏm'ŭn
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• obsolete: /ˈkɒm.ʌn/
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• rhymes with -ɒmən
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Anglo-Norman comunbor. Middle English comun English common From Middle English comun, from Anglo-Norman comun, from Old French comun (rare in the Gallo-Romance languages, but reinforced as a Carolingian calque of Proto-West Germanic *gamainī (“common”) in Old French), from Latin commūnis (“common, public, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Displaced native Middle English imene, ȝemǣne (“common, general, universal”) (from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English mene, mǣne (“mean, common”) (also from Old English ġemǣne (“common, universal”)), Middle English samen, somen (“in common, together”) (from Old English samen (“together”)). Doublet of gmina and mean.

Probably a variant of Cumming or a reduced form of McCommon.

308 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i përbashkët — mutual
• Albanian: i përgjithshem — mutual
• Southern Altai: орток (ortok) — mutual
• Armenian: ընդհանուր (əndhanur) — mutual
• Asturian: común — mutual
• Azerbaijani: ortaq — mutual
• Azerbaijani: şərik — mutual
• Bashkir: уртаҡ (urtaq) — mutual
• Belarusian: агу́льны (ahúlʹny) — mutual
• Bulgarian: общ (obšt) — mutual
• Catalan: comú — mutual
• Chinese Mandarin: 共同 (gòngtóng) — mutual
• Chinese Mandarin: 共通 (gòngtōng) — mutual
• Chinese Mandarin: 相互 (xiānghù) — mutual
• Czech: společný — mutual
• Danish: fælles — mutual
• Dutch: gemeen — mutual
• Dutch: gemene — mutual
• Dutch: gewoon — mutual
• Dutch: gewone — mutual
• Esperanto: komuna — mutual
• Finnish: yhteinen — mutual
• French: commun — mutual
• Galician: común — mutual
• German: gemeinsam — mutual
• German: Gemein- — mutual
• German: gemeinschaftlich — mutual
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) — mutual
• Greek: κοινός (koinós) — mutual
• Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós) — mutual
• Hebrew: משותף (meshutaf) — mutual
• Hindi: परस्पर (paraspar) — mutual
• Hungarian: közös — mutual
• Hungarian: egyező — mutual
• Hungarian: megegyező — mutual
• Hungarian: azonos — mutual
• Ido: komuna — mutual
• Interlingua: commun — mutual
• Irish: coiteann — mutual
• Italian: comune — mutual
• Japanese: 相互 (sōgo) — mutual
• Japanese: 共通 (kyōtsū) — mutual
• Korean: 상호 (sangho) — mutual
• Korean: 공통 (gongtong) — mutual
• Latin: commūnis — mutual
• Latvian: kopīgs — mutual
• Lithuanian: bendras — mutual
• Malay: sama — mutual
• Malay: sepunya — mutual
• Māori: pūnoa — mutual
• Māori: pātahi — mutual
• Middle English: comun — mutual
• Norwegian: felles — mutual
• Occitan: comun — mutual
• Old English: gemǣne — mutual
• Polish: wspólny — mutual
• Polish: wzajemny — mutual
• Portuguese: comum — mutual
• Quechua: khuska — mutual
• Romanian: comun — mutual
• Russian: о́бщий (óbščij) — mutual
• Russian: взаи́мный (vzaímnyj) — mutual
• Scottish Gaelic: cumanta — mutual
• Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann — mutual
• Slovene: skúpen — mutual
• Lower Sorbian: gromadny — mutual
• Lower Sorbian: zgromadny — mutual
• Lower Sorbian: pógromadny — mutual
• Upper Sorbian: zhromadny — mutual
• Spanish: común — mutual
• Swedish: gemensam — mutual
• Swedish: allmän — mutual
• Tagalog: pambalana — mutual
• Tagalog: balana — mutual
• Turkish: ortak — mutual
• Ukrainian: зага́льний (zahálʹnyj) — mutual
• Vietnamese: chung — mutual
• Walloon: kimon — mutual
• Yiddish: בשותּפֿותדיק (bshutfesdik) — mutual
• Amharic: የተለመደ (yätälämädä) — usual
• Amharic: ተራ (tära) — usual
• Arabic: شَائِع (šāʔiʕ) — usual
• Armenian: սովորական (sovorakan) — usual
• Asturian: común — usual
• Belarusian: звы́клы (zvýkly) — usual
• Bulgarian: обикновен (obiknoven) — usual
• Catalan: comú — usual
• Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōngcháng) — usual
• Chinese Mandarin: 平常 (píngcháng) — usual
• Czech: běžný — usual
• Czech: obvyklý — usual
• Danish: almindelig — usual
• Danish: vanlig — usual
• Danish: sædvanlig — usual
• Dutch: gemeen — usual
• Dutch: gemene — usual
• Dutch: gewoon — usual
• Dutch: gewone — usual
• Esperanto: ofta — usual
• Esperanto: normala — usual
• Esperanto: ordinara — usual
• Finnish: yleinen — usual
• Finnish: tavallinen — usual
• French: commun — usual
• Galician: común — usual
• Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi) — usual
• Georgian: ხშირი (xširi) — usual
• German: gewöhnlich — usual
• German: häufig — usual
• German: normal — usual
• Greek: κοινός (koinós) — usual
• Greek: συνηθισμένος (synithisménos) — usual
• Hanunoo: adok — usual
• Hebrew: שכיח (shakhíakh) — usual
• Hebrew: מָצוּי (matzúy) — usual
• Hindi: सामान्य (sāmānya) — usual
• Hindi: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — usual
• Hungarian: szokásos — usual
• Hungarian: szokványos — usual
• Hungarian: mindennapos — usual
• Hungarian: hétköznapi — usual
• Hungarian: megszokott — usual
• Hungarian: közismert — usual
• Ido: ordinara — usual
• Interlingua: commun — usual
• Irish: coitianta — usual
• Italian: comune — usual
• Japanese: 通常 (tsūjō) — usual
• Japanese: 平常 (heijō) — usual
• Japanese: 普通 (futsū) — usual
• Khmer: ទូទៅ (tuu-tɨv) — usual
• Korean: 통상 (tongsang) — usual
• Kyrgyz: күнүмдүк (künümdük) — usual
• Ladino: komun — usual
• Latin: commūnis — usual
• Malay: biasa — usual
• Middle English: comun — usual
• Norwegian: vanlig — usual
• Occitan: comun — usual
• Old English: ġewunelīċ — usual
• Persian: رایج (râyj) — usual
• Persian: شایع (šâye') — usual
• Persian: معمول (ma'mul) — usual
• Polish: zwykły — usual
• Polish: pospolity — usual
• Polish: powszedni — usual
• Polish: potoczny — usual
• Polish: obiegowy — usual
• Portuguese: comum — usual
• Romanian: obișnuit — usual
• Romanian: uzual — usual
• Romanian: comun — usual
• Russian: обы́чный (obýčnyj) — usual
• Russian: обы́денный (obýdennyj) — usual
• Russian: повседне́вный (povsednévnyj) — usual
• Russian: обыкнове́нный (obyknovénnyj) — usual
• Scottish Gaelic: cumanta — usual
• Scottish Gaelic: àbhaisteach — usual
• Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann — usual
• Sikkimese: སྐྱུད (skyud) — usual
• Spanish: común — usual
• Spanish: guashquero — usual
• Swedish: vanlig — usual
• Tagalog: pambalana — usual
• Tagalog: balana — usual
• Telugu: మామూలు (māmūlu) — usual
• Turkish: yaygın — usual
• Ukrainian: зви́чний (zvýčnyj) — usual
• Ukrainian: звича́йний (zvyčájnyj) — usual
• Vietnamese: thường — usual
• Vietnamese: thông thường — usual
• Walloon: ordinaire — usual
• Welsh: cyffredin — usual
• Arabic: شَائِع (šāʔiʕ) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Armenian: սովորական (sovorakan) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Asturian: común — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Belarusian: звычайны (zvyčajny) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Bulgarian: разпространен (razprostranen) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Catalan: comú — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Czech: běžný — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Dutch: veelvoorkomend — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Esperanto: ofta — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Finnish: yleinen — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• French: commun — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Galician: común — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Georgian: ხშირი (xširi) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• German: häufig — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• German: nicht ungewöhnlich — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• German: gewöhnlich — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• German: verbreitet — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hebrew: נפוץ (nafótz) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hebrew: שכיח (shakhíakh) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hebrew: מָצוּי (matzúy) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hindi: सामान्य (sāmānya) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hungarian: gyakori — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hungarian: mindennapos — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Hungarian: megszokott — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Italian: comune — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Japanese: ざら (zara) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Latin: communis — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Middle English: comun — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Norwegian: vanlig — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Old English: ġewunelīċ — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Polish: pospolity — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Polish: powszechny — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Portuguese: comum — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Russian: обы́чный (obýčnyj) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Russian: повсеме́стный (povseméstnyj) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Russian: распространённый (rasprostranjónnyj) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Sanskrit: सामान्य (sāmānya) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Scottish Gaelic: cumanta — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Spanish: común — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Swedish: vanlig — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Telugu: సామాన్య (sāmānya) — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Turkish: yaygın — found in large numbers or in a large quantity
• Armenian: հասարակ (hasarak) — ordinary
• Armenian: սովորական (sovorakan) — ordinary
• Bulgarian: обикновен (obiknoven) — ordinary
• Catalan: ordinari — ordinary
• Catalan: vulgar — ordinary
• Czech: obyčejný — ordinary
• Dutch: gewoon — ordinary
• Esperanto: ordinara — ordinary
• Esperanto: vulgara — ordinary
• Finnish: yleinen — ordinary
• Finnish: tavallinen — ordinary
• French: ordinaire — ordinary
• Galician: común — ordinary
• Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi) — ordinary
• German: gemein — ordinary
• German: gewöhnlich — ordinary
• German: durchschnittlich — ordinary
• Greek: αγελαίος (agelaíos) — ordinary
• Ancient Greek: ἀγελαῖος (agelaîos) — ordinary
• Hebrew: רגיל (ragíl) — ordinary
• Hindi: साधारण (sādhāraṇ) — ordinary
• Hungarian: közönséges — ordinary
• Hungarian: átlagos — ordinary
• Hungarian: hétköznapi — ordinary
• Indonesian: umum — ordinary
• Irish: coiteann — ordinary
• Italian: ordinario — ordinary
• Italian: volgare — ordinary
• Italian: grossolano — ordinary
• Khmer: សម្ទាយ (sɑmtiey) — ordinary
• Malay: biasa — ordinary
• Middle English: comun — ordinary
• Norwegian: vanlig — ordinary
• Old English: ġewunelīċ — ordinary
• Persian: معمولی (ma'muli) — ordinary
• Polish: zwyczajny — ordinary
• Polish: potoczny — ordinary
• Portuguese: comum — ordinary
• Russian: просто́й (prostój) — ordinary
• Russian: обыкнове́нный (obyknovénnyj) — ordinary
• Sanskrit: साधारण (sādhāraṇa) — ordinary
• Spanish: común — ordinary
• Spanish: guashquero — ordinary
• Swedish: vanlig — ordinary
• Telugu: సామాన్య (sāmānya) — ordinary
• Ottoman Turkish: بیاغی (bayağı) — ordinary
• Vietnamese: thường — ordinary
• Vietnamese: bình thường — ordinary
• Catalan: epicè — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Catalan: neutre — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Danish: fælleskøn — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Dutch: commuun — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Finnish: yleinen — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• French: commun — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Galician: común — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• German: utral — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Greek: κοινός (koinós) — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Hungarian: közös — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Italian: comune — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Latin: genus commune — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Norwegian Bokmål: felleskjønn — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Norwegian Nynorsk: felleskjønn — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Occitan: comun — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Polish: wspólny — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Polish: męsko-żeński — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Portuguese: (género) comum — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Russian: о́бщий род (óbščij rod) — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Swedish: utral — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Tagalog: pambalana — grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders
• Bashkir: уртаҡ мөлкәт (urtaq) — mutual good
• Bashkir: уртаҡ мал (urtaq) — mutual good
• Catalan: comunal — mutual good
• Danish: fælles gode — mutual good
• Dutch: gemeengoed — mutual good
• Finnish: yhteisomaisuus — mutual good
• German: Gemeingut — mutual good
• Polish: dobro wspólne — mutual good
• Welsh: commins — mutual good
• Catalan: comunal — tract of land
• Danish: fælled — tract of land
• Dutch: meent — tract of land
• Finnish: yhteismaa — tract of land
• French: espace public — tract of land
• French: espace domanial — tract of land
• French: copropriété — tract of land
• German: Allmende — tract of land
• Hungarian: közlegelő — tract of land
• Hungarian: közös földterület — tract of land
• Irish: coimín — tract of land
• Spanish: ejido — tract of land
• Swedish: allmänning — tract of land
• Welsh: comin — tract of land