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Results for: "common"

Translating from English to Icelandic

Translations:

common — shared, mutual
→ sameiginlegur
common — usual, ordinary
→ algengur
→ almennur
common — frequent, widespread
→ almennur

More translations:

common
→ algengur
common
→ sameiginlegur
common
→ almennings-
common
→ ruddalegur, ókurteis
common
→ óbreyttur; alþýðan
common
→ samnafn
common
→ almenningur

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

    • “they went for a walk in the park”
    Synonymsparkcommonsgreen

ADJECTIVE 9

  1. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

    • “for the common good”
    • “common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community”

  2. having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

    • “the common man”
    • “a common sailor”
    • “the common cold”
    • “a common nuisance”
    • “followed common procedure”
    • “it is common knowledge that she lives alone”
    • “the common housefly”
    • “a common brand of soap”

  3. common to or shared by two or more parties

    • “a common friend”
    • “the mutual interests of management and labor”
    Synonymsmutual
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  1. commonly encountered

    • “a common (or familiar) complaint”
    • “the usual greeting”
    Synonymsusual

  2. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

    • “common parlance”
    • “a vernacular term”
    • “vernacular speakers”
    • “the vulgar tongue of the masses”
    • “the technical and vulgar names for an animal species”
    Synonymsvernacularvulgar

  3. of or associated with the great masses of people

    • “the common people in those days suffered greatly”
    • “behavior that branded him as common”
    • “his square plebeian nose”
    • “a vulgar and objectionable person”
    • “the unwashed masses”
    Synonymsplebeianvulgarunwashed

  4. of low or inferior quality or value

    • “of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare”
    • “produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population”
    Synonymscoarse

  5. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

    • “he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”
    • “behavior that branded him as common”
    • “an untutored and uncouth human being”
    • “an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy”
    • “appealing to the vulgar taste for violence”
    • “the vulgar display of the newly rich”
    Synonymscoarserough-cutuncouthvulgar

  6. to be expected; standard

    • “common decency”