"commonness" meaning in All languages combined

See commonness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-commonness.wav [US] Forms: commonnesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English common Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English commonness From common + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|common|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English common Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English commonness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "commonness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="commonness"> From common + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commonness (countable and uncountable, plural commonnesses)
  1. The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ordinary): solera [feminine] (Spanish), raigambre [masculine] (Spanish), enraizamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commonness-en-noun-QND4cvwo Disambiguation of 'ordinary': 78 22
  2. The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: generality, commonness, frequency, frequentness, oftenness, oftness [archaic] Hypernyms: normality Related terms: common [adjective], often [adverb]

Inflected forms

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