cadascun

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cascunum or *casquunum, a conflation of Latin quisque ūnum (“each one”) and *catunum, from cata (<Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) ūnum. Or from a crossing of cada and Old Catalan quiscun. Compare Occitan cadun, cascun~chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ðəsˈkun]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ðasˈkun]
• Rhymes: -un

Determiner

cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)

1. (~ de) each one (of)

   Synonym: cada un

   Cadascuna de les tres noies van rebre un premi.

   Each of the three girls got a prize.

Usage notes

• The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.

Related terms

• cadascú

References

• “cadascú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.