usual

English

Etymology

From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/

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• Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

Adjective

usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)

1. Most commonly occurring; typical.

   The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.

   It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.

Synonyms

• wonted, normal, common, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simple, typical

Antonyms

• unusual, abnormal, atypical

Derived terms

Derived terms

• as usual
• unusual

• usually
• usualness
• usual offices

Related terms

• usuality

Translations

most commonly occurring

• Arabic: عَادِيّ (ʕādiyy)
• Armenian: սովորական (hy) (sovorakan)
• Belarusian: звыча́йны (zvyčájny)
• Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen)
• Catalan: usual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通常 (zh) (tōngcháng)

• Czech: obvyklý (cs)
• Danish: admindelig, sædvanlig
• Dutch: gewoon (nl)
• Finnish: tavallinen (fi)
• French: habituel (fr)/habituelle (fr)
• Galician: usual
• Georgian: ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi)
• German: gewöhnlich (de), üblich (de)
• Hungarian: szokásos (hu), rendesen (hu)
• Ido: kustumala (io)
• Irish: iondúil
• Italian: solito (it), usuale (it), consueto (it), abituale (it)
• Japanese: 通常 (ja) (つうじょう, tsūjō), いつもの (ja) (itsumo no)
• Korean: 보통의 (ko) (botong'ui)
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• Latin: solitus, usualis (la), ūsitātus
• Macedonian: вообичаен (voobičaen), обичен (običen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vanlig (no), sedvanlig

  Nynorsk: sedvanleg

• Old English: ġewunelīċ
• Polish: zwykły (pl)
• Portuguese: usual (pt)
• Romanian: uzual (ro) m or n, obișnuit (ro) m or n
• Russian: обыкнове́нный (ru) (obyknovénnyj), обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уобѝча̄јен

  Roman: uobìčājen (sh)

• Slovak: obvyklý
• Slovene: običajen
• Spanish: usual (es), habitual (es)
• Swedish: vanlig (sv)
• Thai: ธรรมดา (th) (tam-má-daa), เช่นเคย (chêen-kəəi), สามัญ (th) (sǎa-man)
• Turkish: olağan (tr)
• Ukrainian: звича́йний (zvyčájnyj)
• Vietnamese: bình thường (vi)

Further reading

• “usual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “usual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• luaus

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

Adjective

usual (epicene, plural usuales)

1. common, typical, usual

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [u.zuˈal]

Adjective

usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuals)

1. usual

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualment

Further reading

• “usual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “usual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “usual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “usual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

Adjective

usual m or f (plural usuais)

1. usual, regular, normal

Derived terms

• usualmente

Further reading

• “usual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• usuel, usualle, usuale, usuell, usuall

Etymology

From Old French usuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/

Adjective

usual

1. customary, established
2. usual, normal, regular

Descendants

• English: usual
• Scots: usual, uswal, eeswal

References

• “ūsuā̆l (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

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Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üsual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yˈzɥal/

Adjective

usual

1. usual

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uzuˈaw/
• IPA^(key): /uˈzwaɫ/

Adjective

1. usual (most commonly occurring)

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualmente

Related terms

• usar
• uso

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
• Hyphenation: u‧sual

Adjective

usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuales)

1. usual

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualmente

Further reading

• “usual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014