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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin commūnis.
Adjective
común (epicene, plural comunes)
- common
Galician
Etymology
From Latin commūnis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
común m or f (plural comúns)
- common
- Synonym: xeral
- (law) communal and untransferable property, usually woods and heathland, belonging to all the neighbours of a given village or parish
- Synonym: mancomún
- 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 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
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References
- “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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin commūnis (inherited as a noun, but as an adjective probably a borrowing or semi-learned term, being first attested relatively late).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmun/
- Rhymes: -un
- Syllabification: co‧mún
Adjective
común m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunes)
- common, ordinary
- Synonym: ordinario
- common, joint
- Synonym: conjunto
- usual
- Synonym: usual
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Noun
común m (plural comunes)
- all of the people or inhabitants of a city, town
- community
- Synonym: comunidad
- toilet
- Synonyms: baño, inodoro, excusado, aseo, retrete, servicio
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