cadascun

Catalan

Etymology

From older cascun, from Old Occitan cascun, (cf. the form chascun), 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, chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kə.dəsˈkun/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.dasˈkun/
• Rhymes: -un

Determiner

cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)

1. (~ de) each one (of)

   Cadascuna de les tres noies van rebre un premi.

   Each of the three girls got a prize.

Usage notes

The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.

Synonyms

• cada un

Related terms

• cadascú