common

common
common
A n (public land) terrain m communal ; Clapham Common le terrain communal de Clapham.
B commons npl
1 (the people) the commons le peuple ;
2 Pol (also Commons) the commons les Communes fpl ;
3 US Univ (refectory) réfectoire m.
C adj
1 (often encountered) [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 être répandu chez [children, mammals etc] ;
2 (shared) [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 (ordinary) [man, woman] du peuple (after n) ; the common people le peuple ; a common soldier un simple soldat ; the common herd péj la masse ; a common criminal péj un criminel ordinaire ;
4 péj (low-class) commun ; it looks/sounds common ça fait commun ;
5 (minimum expected) [courtesy, decency, humanity] le/la plus élémentaire ;
6 Zool, Bot [frog, daisy, algae] commun ; a common variety une variété commune ;
7 Math [denominator, factor, multiple] commun.
D in common adv phr en commun ; to have sth in common avoir qch en commun ; to hold sth in common Jur posséder qch en commun.
Idioms
to be as common as muck ou dirt (vulgar) être d'une vulgarité crasse ; they are as common as muck (widespread) on en ramasse à la pelle ; to be on short commons GB être rationné, faire maigre hum ; to have the common touch avoir de la simplicité.

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