cadascun

Catalan

Etymology

From older cascun, from , (cf. the form chascun), from Vulgar Latin *cascunum or *casquunum, a conflation of Latin quisque unum ("each one") and *catunum, from cata (<Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) unum. Or from a crossing of cada and Old Catalan quiscun. Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ðəsˈkun]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ðasˈkun]
• Rhymes: -un

Determiner

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

1. (~ de) each one (of)

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