Ääntäminen
US
- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /ˈkɑm.ənz/
- IPA: /ˈkɒm.ənz/
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
- Commons on
sanan common monikko.
- Commons on
sanan common yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens.
- Commons on
sanan common taipunut muoto.
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere.
- (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
- (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
- The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
- (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
- (euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse.
- (obsolete, UK, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
- Food in general; rations.
Esimerkit
- The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.
- The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.
- The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.
- "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.