| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| common | adj | (frequent) | courant, fréquent adj |
| Crime is a common occurrence in big cities. |
| La criminalité est un fait courant (or: fréquent) dans les grandes villes. |
| common | adj | (joint) | commun adj |
| Our houses share a common fence. |
| Nos deux maisons sont séparées par une clôture commune. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| common | adj | (public) de tous | commun adj |
| | | de tous adj inv |
| The government works for the common good. |
| Le gouvernement œuvre pour le bien commun. |
| Le gouvernement œuvre pour le bien de tous. |
| common | adj | (ordinary) | ordinaire adj |
| There is no cure for the common cold. |
| Il n'existe pas de remède contre le rhume ordinaire. |
| common | adj | (mediocre) de qualité moyenne | simple adj |
| This cup is made from common plastic. |
| Cette tasse est faite avec du simple plastique. |
| common | adj | (inferior) | banal adj |
| It's just a common item, with nothing special about it. |
| C'est un article très banal, qui n'a rien de particulier. |
| common | adj | (vulgar) | déplacé adj |
| Such common behaviour is to be expected of one with no education. |
| Une attitude aussi déplacée n'est pas surprenante de la part de quelqu'un qui n'a aucune éducation. |
| common | adj | (widespread) | répandu adj |
| That opinion is quite common in this part of the world. |
| Cet avis est assez répandu dans ce coin du globe. |
| common | adj | (notorious) | notoire adj |
| The police treated me like a common criminal. |
| La police m'a traité comme un criminel notoire. |
| common | adj | (without rank) hiérarchie | simple adj |
| He is just a common worker - not the boss. |
| Ce n'est pas le patron, juste un simple employé. |
| common | n | (tract of land) appartenant à la ville | communal adj |
| We ate lunch on the common. |
| Nous avons pris notre déjeuner au terrain communal. |
| common | n | (law: right) juridique | droit nm |
| All villagers have common of fishing in these waters. |
| Tous les villageois ont le droit de pêcher dans ces eaux. |
| common, commons | n | (large dining room) | réfectoire nm |
| The students ate in commons every night. |
| Les étudiants dînaient dans le réfectoire chaque soir. |
| common, commons | n | (food served communally) militaire : anglicisme | mess nm |
| We have to be in the dining room at five o'clock for commons. |
| Nous devons être à la salle à manger à cinq heures pour le mess. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| book of common prayer | | | missel nm |
| by common consent | adv | (by the agreement of everyone) | d'un commun accord adv |
| common accord | n | (shared agreement) | commun accord nm |
| common ancestry | n | (shared family history) | avoir des ancêtres communs v |
| My friend and I always thought it was strange how we looked so alike until we discovered we shared a common ancestry. |
| Mon ami et moi avions toujours trouvé ça étrange que nous nous ressemblions tant jusqu'à ce qu'on découvre que nous avions des ancêtres communs. |
| common ancestry | v | (species: shared descent from a distant ancestor) | être de descendance commune v |
| Apes and humans share a common ancestry. |
| common belief | n | (idea shared by many people) | idée répandue nf |
| It is a common belief that education will improve your employment prospects. |
| | | communément admis adj |
| Il est communément admis que l'éducation améliore les perspectives d'emploi. |
| | | généralement accepté adj |
| common belief | n | (mutual, shared opinion) | idées en commun nfpl |
| It means a lot to both of us that, over the years, we continue to share many common beliefs. |
| Malgré le temps qui passe, nous avons toujours beaucoup d'idées en commun. |
| | | opinions communes nfpl |
| common bond | n | (sth shared, unifying) | lien nm |
| My common bond with him is that we grew up in the same neighborhood. |
| Le lien que j'entretiens avec lui est que nous avons grandi dans le même quartier. |
| common carotid artery | | (Medicine) Médecine | artère carotide nf |
| common carriage | n | (public transport and freight business) | transporteur nm |
| common carrier | n | (company providing freight service) | transporteur nm |
| That company is a common carrier both in California and Nevada. |
| common case | | | cas commun |
| common case | | | cas courant |
| common cold | n | (cold virus) | rhume nm |
| There's no cure for the common cold. |
| common crab | | Zoologie | tourteau nm |
| common declaration | | | déclaration commune |
| common denominator | n | literal (mathematics: shared quantity in fractions) | dénominateur commun nm |
| common denominator | n | figurative (common or shared factor) | point en commun nm |
| Though the sisters were different in almost every way, one common denominator was their love of horses. |
| Les deux sœurs avaient un point en commun, leur passion pour les chevaux. |
| common dill | n | (strongly-flavoured herb) | aneth nm |
| Note: In the US usually dill or dillweed |
| The common dill weed is the source of both dill seed and dill weed. |
| common divisor | | | diviseur commun |
| common effort | | | effort concerté |
| common enemy | n | (shared adversary) | ennemi commun nm |
| A traditional political move is to unite the people by creating a common enemy. |
| Désigner un ennemi commun est un moyen efficace pour rassembler plusieurs personnes. |
| common factor | | | facteur commun |
| common good | n | (benefit of everyone) | bien commun nm |
| Being honest with each other is for the common good. |
| common grackle | n | (large blackbird) | quiscale bronzé nm |
| The common grackle is a pest at my bird feeders, but its iridescent purple head is handsome. |
| common ground | n | (shared interests) | points communs nmpl |
| We started dating because we had a lot of common ground in our likes and dislikes. |
| On s'est découvert beaucoup de points communs. |
| | | avoir en commun v |
| common knowledge | n | (sth that most people know) | tout le monde sait que |
| It was common knowledge among the staff that Bill had a drinking problem. |
| Though Galileo was persecuted for saying this in the 17th century, it is now common knowledge that the earth orbits around the sun. |
| Tout le monde sait que la Terre tourne autour du Soleil. |
| | | bien connu adj |
| Le soleil tourne autour de la terre, c'est bien connu. |
| | | de notoriété publique loc adj |
| Il était de notoriété publique que Bill avait des problèmes d'alcool. |
| common language | | Linguistique | langue véhiculaire nf |
| common law, common-law | n | (informal but recognized status) | concubins nmpl |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Though they never married, they lived together long enough to be considered common-law partners. |
| common law husband or wife | | GB partenaire officiel | concubin nmf |
| common loon | n | US (aquatic bird) | plongeon huard nm |
| The common loon makes a mournful sound which echoes through the night. |
| | Québec | huard, huart à collier nm |
| common man | n | (ordinary citizen, lay person) | homme ordinaire nm |
| | | homme du peuple nm |
| | | homme de la rue nm |
| common man | n | (commoner, without title) | roturier nm |
| Il paraît que la princesse fréquente un roturier. |
| common market | | | marché commun |
| common measure | n | (poetry, verse: iambic meter) | versification classique nf |
| common men | | | hommes ordinaires |
| common multiple | | | multiple commun |
| common name | | | nom courant |
| common northern whelk | | Zoologie | pilot nm |
| common noun | | | nom commun |
| common ownership | n | (joint ownership, trusteeship) | copropriété nf |
| The condominium owners have common ownership of the public areas. |
| common people | n | (ordinary people) | gens ordinaires nmpl |
| They don't stand out for any particular reason, they're just common people. |
| Ils n'ont vraiment rien de spécial, ce sont juste des gens ordinaires. |
| | | Monsieur et Madame Tout-le-Monde nmpl |
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| | | commun des mortels nm |
| Le commun des mortels n'a pas forcément appris le latin à l'école. |
| common people | n | (working-class people) | gens du peuple nmpl |
| God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them. A. Lincoln |
| | | gens ordinaires nmpl |
| common person | | | bouton de fièvre nm |
| | | feu sauage nm |
| common phrase | n | (much-used expression) | expression courante nf |
| It takes awhile to learn the common phrases in a foreign language. |
| | | expression usuelle nf |
| common practice | n | (sth customary, sth often done) | être d'usage de + [infinitif] v |
| It is common practice to speak softly in a library. |
| It's common practice to shake hands in business affairs. |
| Il est d'usage de parler à voix basse dans une bibliothèque. |
| | | pratique courante nf |
| Se serrer la main quand on fait des affaires est une pratique courante. |
| common prayer | | (religion) religion | prière commune nf |
| common property | | | parties communes |
| common rat | | rat commun | surmulot nm |
| common reed | | | roseau commun nm |
| common room | | de lycée | foyer nm |
| common room | | | salle commune nf |
| common salt | | (food) alimentation | sel blanc nm |
| common saying | n | (much-used expression or proverb) | adage nm |
| When I use a common saying it's folk wisdom, and when you use it, it's called a cliché. |
| | | dicton populaire nm |
| common school | | | école publique |
| common seal | | (Zoology) Zoologie | phoque commun nm |
| common sense | n | (practical thinking) | bon sens nm |
| Ma pauvre, tu manques de bon sens ! |
| common share | | US | action ordinaire |
| common shelduck | | Zoologie | tadorne nm |
| common soldier | | | soldat ordinaire nm |
| common source | n | (frequent place of origin) | source fréquente nf |
| Poorly built homes are a common source of law suits. |
| The Internet is now a common source of information. |
| | | être souvent à l'origine de v |
| Des maisons mal construites sont souvent à l'origine de procès. |
| common source | n | (shared origin ) | origine commune nf |
| All Indo-European languages are thought to come from a common source. |
| On pense que toutes les langues indo-européennes ont une origine commune. |
| | | même origine nf |
| common statement | | | déclaration commune |
| common stock | n | pejorative (person: working-class background) | petites gens nfpl |
| They're not in our class, dear. They come from common stock. |
| Tu n'épouseras pas cette fille, mon garçon. Son père et sa mère sont de petites gens. Ils ne sont pas comme nous. |
| | méprisant | bas peuple nm |
| | | roture nf |
| La royauté et la roture, ça a toujours fait de beaux mariages... |
| common stock | n | (finance: a type of capital stock) | action ordinaire nf |
| The company issues two classes of equity: common stock and preferred stock. |
| common stocks | npl | (financial securities: shares) finance | actions ordinaires nfpl |
| common term | n | (colloquial or everyday word for sth) | mot courant nm |
| common tern | | (zoology) zoologie | sterne pierregarin nf |
| common time | | | temps commun nm |
| common touch | n | (affinity with ordinary people) | empathie (avec les gens) nf |
| common understanding | n | (mutual agreement) | accord (réciproque) nm |
| We have reached a common understanding. |
| common understanding | n | (usual interpretation (of sth)) | interprétation courante nf |
| The common understanding of the word "silent" is no noise whatsoever. |
| common variety | | | variété commune nf |
| common year | | | année commune |
| common-law, common law | adj | (unofficial, not formalized) | officieux adj |
| Note: hyphen used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| common-law marriage | n | (partnership not formalized by marriage ceremony) | concubinage nm |
| When a common law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples |
| common-law wife | n | (woman in a partnership not formalized by marriage) | concubine nf |
| John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| common-room | | | salle commune nf |
| common-variety | | | variété commune nf |
| greatest common divisor | | | plus grand commun diviseur |
| have in common | | | avoir en commun |
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