common

I 1. ['kɒmən]

nome

1) (land) terreno m. comune

2) in common in comune

to have sth. in common — avere qcs. in comune

2.

nome plurale commons

1) (the people)

the commons — la gente comune

2) pol. (anche Commons)

the commons — i Comuni

II ['kɒmən]

aggettivo

1) (frequent) [mistake, problem, reaction] comune, frequente

in common use — d'uso comune

in common parlance — nel linguaggio corrente

it is common among — è comune fra [children, mammals]

2) (shared) [enemy, interest] comune (to a); [ownership] in comune, collettivo

for the common good — per il bene comune

by common agreement — di comune accordo

it is common property — è di proprietà pubblica

it is common knowledge — è universalmente noto

3) (ordinary) [man] comune

the common people — la gente comune

the common herd — spreg. il gregge, la massa

4) spreg. (low-class) mediocre, ordinario

5) (minimum expected) [courtesy] normale; [decency] elementare

6) zool. bot. mat. comune

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to be as common as muck — colloq. (vulgar) essere volgarissimo; (widespread) essere comunissimo

to have the common touch — avere ascendente sulla gente

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['komən] 1. adjective

1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) comune

2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) comune

3) (publicly owned: common property.) comune, pubblico

4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) volgare

5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) comune

6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) comune

2. noun

((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) terreno comunale

- commoner

- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common

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I 1. ['kɒmən]

nome

1) (land) terreno m. comune

2) in common in comune

to have sth. in common — avere qcs. in comune

2.

nome plurale commons

1) (the people)

the commons — la gente comune

2) pol. (anche Commons)

the commons — i Comuni

II ['kɒmən]

aggettivo

1) (frequent) [mistake, problem, reaction] comune, frequente

in common use — d'uso comune

in common parlance — nel linguaggio corrente

it is common among — è comune fra [children, mammals]

2) (shared) [enemy, interest] comune (to a); [ownership] in comune, collettivo

for the common good — per il bene comune

by common agreement — di comune accordo

it is common property — è di proprietà pubblica

it is common knowledge — è universalmente noto

3) (ordinary) [man] comune

the common people — la gente comune

the common herd — spreg. il gregge, la massa

4) spreg. (low-class) mediocre, ordinario

5) (minimum expected) [courtesy] normale; [decency] elementare

6) zool. bot. mat. comune

••

to be as common as muck — colloq. (vulgar) essere volgarissimo; (widespread) essere comunissimo

to have the common touch — avere ascendente sulla gente