comun

From Latin commūnis.

comun

1. common

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

comun

1. alternative form of comune

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

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

1. common

• nom comun

From Latin communis.

comun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular comune)

1. common

• 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

From Latin commūnis.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmyŋ/

comun

1. common

Borrowed from French commun, Latin communis.

• IPA^(key): [koˈmun]

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

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

   Synonym: obișnuit

• comunitate
• comunica

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

comun m or f (masculine and feminine plural comunes)

1. obsolete spelling of común