Common

Etymology
From comun from  comun from  comun: (rare in Gallo-Romance. Reinforced as a Carolingian calque of  gemeini, gamaini "common" in 🇫🇴) from  communis: from. Displaced native ȝemǣne, imene "common, general, universal" (from  ġemǣne "common, universal"),  mǣne, mene "mean, common" (also from  ġemǣne "common, universal"),  samen, somen "in common, together" (from  samen "together").

Adjective

 * 1) Mutual; shared by more than one.
 * The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
 * Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
 * 1) Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
 * It is common to find sharks off this coast.
 * 1) Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
 * Sharks are common in these waters.
 * 1) Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
 * 2)  In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
 * 3) Of or pertaining to uncapitalized nouns in English, i.e., common nouns vs. proper nouns
 * 4) vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name

Synonyms

 * (mutual): mutual, shared
 * (usual): normal, ordinary, standard, usual
 * (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): widespread
 * See also Thesaurus:common

Antonyms

 * (mutual): personal, individual
 * (usual): rare, unusual, uncommon
 * (occurring in large numbers or in a large quantity): few and far between, rare, uncommon

Noun

 * 1) Mutual good, shared by more than one.
 * 2) A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

Verb

 * 1)  To communicate (something).
 * 2) *1526, William Tyndale, trans, Bible, Luke XXII:
 * Then entred Satan into Judas, whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nombre off the twelve) and he went his waye, and commened with the hye prestes and officers, how he wolde betraye hym vnto them.
 * 1)  To converse, talk.
 * , II.ix:
 * So long as Guyon with her commoned, / Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye [...].
 * 1)  To have sex.

Derived terms

 * common name
 * commonality
 * common dolphin
 * commoner
 * common gender
 * the common good


 * common noun
 * commonplace
 * commons
 * commonsense
 * House of Commons
 * in common

Thesaurus
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Adjective

 * Bulgarian: общ
 * Catalan: comú,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Gemein-, (property)
 * Hebrew: משותף (meshutaf), משותפת (meshutefet)
 * Ido: komuna
 * Interlingua: commun
 * Irish: coiteann


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 共通 (きょうつう, kyōtsū)
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, coitcheann
 * Slovene: skupen
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: comú
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: almindelig, vanlig, sædvanlig
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: nicht ungewöhnlich, ,
 * Hebrew: שכיח (shakhíakh), שכיחה (shkhikha)
 * Ido: ordinara
 * Interlingua: commun


 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (raij),  (šâyee)
 * Polish:, , powszedni
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, обыденный, повседневный
 * Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, àbhaisteach, coitcheann
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మామూలు (maamoolu)
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разпространен
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: veelvoorkomend
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, nicht ungewöhnlich,
 * Hebrew: נפוץ (nafótz), נפוצה (nefotza) ; שכיח (shakhíakh) , שכיחה (shkhikha)
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cumanta, coitcheann
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సామాన్య (saamaanya)
 * Vietnamese: thường gặp, thường thấy,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: обикновен
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ordinaire
 * German:
 * Hebrew: רגיל (ragíl), רגילה (regila)
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: coiteann
 * Italian:, , , ,


 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: (ma‘muli)
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సామాన్య (saamaanya)
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Danish:
 * French: (genre)


 * Russian:
 * Swedish: utrum (noun; the Swedish common gender)


 * : umum, bersama

Noun

 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: yhteisomaisuus


 * Dutch: meent


 * Finnish: yhteismaa