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comun

common /koˈmun/

adjective#1306 most common

Also: shared, mutual, ordinary

Example sentences

Avem un prieten comun.
We have a mutual friend.
Popescu este un nume comun în România.
Popescu is a common surname in Romania.
Cele două sate au o graniță comună.
The two villages share a common border.
Locatarii blocului folosesc spațiul comun pentru întâlniri.
The building's residents use the common space for meetings.
Membrii echipei au ajuns la o decizie comună după ore de discuții.
The team members reached a joint decision after hours of discussion.
Simțul comun ar trebui să prevaleze atunci când legile sunt elaborate.
Common sense should prevail when laws are drafted.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecomun (m) / comună (f)comuni (m) / comune (f)
Genitivecomun (m) / comune (f)comuni (m) / comune (f)
Accusativecomun (m) / comună (f)comuni (m) / comune (f)
Vocativecomun (m) / comună (f)comuni (m) / comune (f)

Word family

comunitatecommunity
a comunicato communicate
comunicarecommunication
comunăcommune (rural administrative division)
comunismcommunism

Etymology

Comun entered Romanian as a learned borrowing from French commun and Latin communis, part of the wave of Western Romance vocabulary that reshaped Romanian in the 19th century. It sits alongside older, inherited Latin words rather than descending directly from spoken Latin. Communis itself splits into com- ('together') and munis ('performing a service'), from the same base as munus ('duty, gift'). That base traces to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to exchange or share out.

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