cadascun
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cascunum or *casquunum, a conflation of Latin quisque ūnum (“each one”) and *catunum, from cata (<Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) ūnum. Or from a crossing of cada and Old Catalan quiscun. Compare Occitan cadun, cascun~chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.
Pronunciation
Determiner
cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)
Usage notes
- The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.
Related terms
References
- “cadascú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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