comun

See also: común

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin commūnis.

Adjective

comun

1. common

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comun, from Latin commūnis (“common, general”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s (“held in common”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange, change”). Compare mene (“common”) for an etymologically equivalent native formation.

Alternative forms

• comoun, commone, commun, commune, commuyn, comune, comyn, coumoun
• comen, common, commyn, comon, comone, comyne, comynne (Late Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈmiu̯n/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmun/, /ˈkɔmən/ (with reduction)

Adjective

comun

1. Shared, common; belonging to all (in a group).
   1. Publicly or governmentally available, owned, or provided.
   2. Widespread, universal, unequivocal.
   3. (rare) Joint, mutual; done by a group.
   4. (rare) Similar, resemblant.
2. Frequent, usual; occuring often:
   1. Widely disseminated or understood.
   2. Humble, folk, lay; of the common people.
   3. (rare) Typical; occuring the most often.
   4. (grammar, of nouns, rare) Common; not proper.
3. Immoral, base, disgusting:
   1. Infamous, reviled, despised.
   2. Lewd, wanton, unchaste.
4. (rare) Kind, benevolent.

Related terms

• comun lawe
• comun wele
• comunal
• comunalite
• comunalte
• comune
• comunen
• comuner
• comunes
• comunicacioun
• comunioun
• comunly
• comunte

Descendants

• English: common
• Middle Scots: commoun, common, commone
  • Scots: common

References

• “commū̆n(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

comun

1. alternative form of comune

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin communis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

comun m (feminine singular comuna, masculine plural comuns, feminine plural comunas)

1. common

Derived terms

• nom comun

Old French

Etymology

From Latin communis.

Adjective

comun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular comune)

1. common

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	comuns	comune	comun
	oblique	comun			comune	comun
plural	subject	comun	comunes		comun
	oblique	comuns			comunes	comun

Descendants

• French: commun (latinized)
  • → Romanian: comun
• Norman: commun (latinized)
• → Middle English: comun, comoun, commone, commun, commune, commuyn, comune, comyn, coumoun, comen, common, commyn, comon, comone, comyne, comynne (Late Middle English)
  • English: common
  • Middle Scots: commoun, common, commone
    • Scots: common

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin commūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmyŋ/

Adjective

comun

1. common

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French commun, Latin communis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈmun]

• Audio:

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Adjective

comun m or n (feminine singular comună, masculine plural comuni, feminine/neuter plural comune)

1. common (shared); communal
2. common, normal

   Synonym: obișnuit

Declension

Declension of comun

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	comun		comună		comuni	comune
	definite	comunul		comuna		comunii	comunele
genitive- dative	indefinite	comun		comune		comuni	comune
	definite	comunului		comunei		comunilor	comunelor

Derived terms

• comunitate
• comunica

Further reading

• “comun”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Adjective

comun m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunes)

1. obsolete spelling of común