common noun in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for common noun in the English»French Dictionary

common noun N

common noun

nom m commun

Translations for common noun in the French»English Dictionary

nom propre/commun

proper/common noun

Translations for common noun in the English»French Dictionary

noun [Brit naʊn, Am naʊn] N

noun

nom m

noun

substantif m

I.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] N (public land)

common

terrain m communal

Clapham Common

le terrain communal de Clapham

II.commons N npl

1. commons (the people):

the commons

le peuple

2. commons POL:

commons, a. Commons the commons

les Communes fpl

3. commons Am UNIV (refectory):

commons

réfectoire m

III.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] ADJ

1. common (often encountered):

common crime, illness, mistake, name, problem, reaction

courant, fréquent

in common use

d'un usage courant

in common parlance

dans le langage courant

it is common for sb to do

il est courant que qn fasse

to be common among children, mammals etc

être répandu chez

2. common (shared):

common aim, approach, attributes, border, enemy, language, interest, ownership

commun (to à)

for the common good

pour le bien commun

by common agreement

d'un commun accord

it is common property

c'est la propriété de tous

it is common knowledge

c'est de notoriété publique

3. common (ordinary):

common man, woman

du peuple after n

the common people

le peuple

a common soldier

un simple soldat

the common herd pej

la masse

a common criminal pej

un criminel ordinaire

4. common (low-class):

common pej

commun

it looks/sounds common

ça fait commun

5. common (minimum expected):

common courtesy, decency, humanity

le/la plus élémentaire

6. common:

common ZOOL, BOT frog, daisy, algae

commun

a common variety

une variété commune

7. common MATH:

common denominator, factor, multiple

commun

IV.in common ADV

in common

en commun

to have sth in common

avoir qc en commun

to hold sth in common LAW

posséder qc en commun

V.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən]

to be as common as muck or dirt (vulgar) inf

être d'une vulgarité crasse inf

they are as common as muck (widespread) inf

on en ramasse à la pelle

to be on short commons Brit

être rationné, faire maigre hum

to have the common touch

avoir de la simplicité

common noun in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for common noun in the English»French Dictionary

noun [naʊn] N

noun

nom m

I.common <-er, -est [or more common, most common]> [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] ADJ

1. common (ordinary):

common name

courant(e)

in common use

d'un usage courant

2. common (widespread):

common

notoire

common disease

répandu(e)

it is common knowledge that...

il est de notoriété publique que...

to be common practice

être d'usage

3. common inv (shared):

common

commun(e)

the common good

le bien commun

by common assent

d'un commun accord

to make common cause with sb

faire cause commune avec qn

to have sth in common with sb/sth

avoir qc en commun avec qn/qc

4. common <-er, -est> pej (low-class):

common

commun(e)

common criminal, thief

de bas étage

5. common (average):

common

ordinaire

the common people

les gens ordinaires

the common people man

du peuple

the common people accent

populaire

II.common [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] N

common

terrain m communal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Second, capitonyms assist us to differentiate proper nouns from either common nouns or other parts of speech.

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The earliest documented use of this word as a common noun occurred in 1995.

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With much better than chance frequency, if the common noun usually precedes the proper noun, the dependent genitive precedes its governing noun. 24.

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While these honorifics are solely used on proper nouns, these suffixes can turn common nouns into proper nouns when attached to the end of them.

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His realistically drawn characters have become part of our memory, and the names of some of them have gained currency as common nouns.

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They include not only transcriptions of proper nouns but also those of common nouns for new products.

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Proper nouns, and all proper names, differ from common nouns grammatically.

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In such cases the common noun may determine the kind of entity, and a modifier determines the unique entity itself.

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Furthermore, common nouns present distinct forms in the singular, dual and plural number.

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This happened to be a large process and the most common noun classes started to cause the least represented to disappear.

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