common

['kɔmən] 1. adj

(shared) wspólny; (ordinary) object, name, species pospolity; experience, phenomenon powszechny; (vulgar) prostacki

2. n

błonia pl (wiejskie)

to have sth in common (with sb) — mieć coś wspólnego (z kimś)

we have sth in common — mamy ze sobą coś wspólnego

in common use — w powszechnym użyciu

it's common knowledge that … — powszechnie wiadomo, że …

for the common good — dla wspólnego dobra, dla dobra ogółu

- the Commons

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['komən] 1. adjective

1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) pospolity

2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) wspólny, powszechny

3) (publicly owned: common property.) wspólny

4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) ordynarny

5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) prosty

6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) pospolity

2. noun

((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) błonia

- commoner

- common knowledge
- common law
- common-law
- commonplace
- common-room
- common sense
- the Common Market
- the House of Commons
- the Commons
- in common