usual
English
Etymology
From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: u‧su‧al
Adjective
usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)
- Most commonly occurring; typical.
- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
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Translations
most commonly occurring
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Further reading
- usual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- usual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Pronunciation
Catalan
Further reading
- “usual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “usual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “usual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “usual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Pronunciation
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French usuel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/
References
- “ūsuā̆l (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Portuguese
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈswal/
- Hyphenation: u‧sual
Derived terms
Further reading
- “usual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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