"chacun" meaning in French

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Pronoun

IPA: /ʃa.kœ̃/ Audio: Fr-chacun.ogg
Rhymes: -œ̃ Etymology: From Middle French chascun, from Old French chascun, from Vulgar Latin *cascunum, *casquunum, a conflation of quisque unum (“each one”) + *cata unum, a variant form showing a derivative of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) (this variant form survived into Old French as chaün). Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, Catalan cadascun, Italian ciascuno. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|chascun}} Middle French chascun, {{inh|fr|fro|chascun}} Old French chascun, {{inh|fr|VL.|*cascunum}} Vulgar Latin *cascunum, {{m|la|*casquunum}} *casquunum, {{m|la|quisque}} quisque, {{m|la|unum||each one}} unum (“each one”), {{m|la||*cata unum}} *cata unum, {{der|fr|grc|κατά}} Ancient Greek κατά (katá), {{m|fro|chaün}} chaün, {{cog|oc|cadun}} Occitan cadun, {{m|oc|chascun}} chascun, {{cog|ca|cadascun}} Catalan cadascun, {{cog|it|ciascuno}} Italian ciascuno Head templates: {{fr-pron|m|f=chacune}} chacun m (feminine chacune) Forms: chacune [feminine]
  1. each, each one Tags: masculine
    Sense id: chacun-fr-pron-v2JtVvQu Categories (other): French pronouns Disambiguation of French pronouns: 64 36
  2. every, everyone Tags: masculine
    Sense id: chacun-fr-pron-etQ4yD0m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à chacun son goût, chacun pour soi, tout un chacun Related terms: chaque

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "à chacun son goût"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chacun pour soi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tout un chacun"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "chascun"
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    },
    {
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        "2": "fro",
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      },
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        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*cascunum"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "*casquunum",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quisque"
      },
      "expansion": "quisque",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    {
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        "2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "*cata unum",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κατά"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κατά (katá)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "chaün"
      },
      "expansion": "chaün",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "cadun"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan cadun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "chascun"
      },
      "expansion": "chascun",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "cadascun"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan cadascun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ciascuno"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian ciascuno",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French chascun, from Old French chascun, from Vulgar Latin *cascunum, *casquunum, a conflation of quisque unum (“each one”) + *cata unum, a variant form showing a derivative of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) (this variant form survived into Old French as chaün). Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, Catalan cadascun, Italian ciascuno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chacune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chaque"
    }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "These cheeses cost 1 euro each.",
          "text": "Ces fromages coutent 1 euro chacun.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "each, each one"
      ],
      "id": "chacun-fr-pron-v2JtVvQu",
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        [
          "each",
          "each"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "Everyone for themselves.",
          "text": "Chacun pour soi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "every, everyone"
      ],
      "id": "chacun-fr-pron-etQ4yD0m",
      "links": [
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          "every",
          "every"
        ],
        [
          "everyone",
          "everyone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃa.kœ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-chacun.ogg",
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      "text": "audio"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacun"
}
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    "French lemmas",
    "French pronouns",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:French/œ̃",
    "Rhymes:French/œ̃/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à chacun son goût"
    },
    {
      "word": "chacun pour soi"
    },
    {
      "word": "tout un chacun"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    {
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        "2": "VL.",
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    },
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      },
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "quisque"
      },
      "expansion": "quisque",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "unum",
        "3": "",
        "4": "each one"
      },
      "expansion": "unum (“each one”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*cata unum"
      },
      "expansion": "*cata unum",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κατά"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κατά (katá)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "chaün"
      },
      "expansion": "chaün",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "cadun"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan cadun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "chascun"
      },
      "expansion": "chascun",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "cadascun"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan cadascun",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ciascuno"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian ciascuno",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French chascun, from Old French chascun, from Vulgar Latin *cascunum, *casquunum, a conflation of quisque unum (“each one”) + *cata unum, a variant form showing a derivative of Ancient Greek κατά (katá) (this variant form survived into Old French as chaün). Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, Catalan cadascun, Italian ciascuno.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chacune",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "chacune"
      },
      "expansion": "chacun m (feminine chacune)",
      "name": "fr-pron"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "chaque"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "These cheeses cost 1 euro each.",
          "text": "Ces fromages coutent 1 euro chacun.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "each, each one"
      ],
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        [
          "each",
          "each"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Everyone for themselves.",
          "text": "Chacun pour soi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "every, everyone"
      ],
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        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ],
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          "everyone",
          "everyone"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃa.kœ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-chacun.ogg",
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      "text": "audio"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-œ̃"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chacun"
}

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