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chacun.

each, each one

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

pron/ʃa.kœ̃/
  1. each, each one

    masculine
    Ces fromages coutent 1 euro chacun.
  2. every, everyone

    masculine
    Chacun pour soi.
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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.

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