cadascun
Catalan
Etymology
From older cascun, from Old Occitan cascun, (cf. the form chascun), from Vulgar Latin *cascunum or *casquunum, a conflation of Latin quisque unum ("each one") and *catunum, from cata (<Ancient Greek κατά (katá)) unum. Or from a crossing of cada and Old Catalan quiscun. Compare Occitan cadun, chascun, French chacun, Italian ciascuno.
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Determiner
cadascun (feminine cadascuna, masculine plural cadascuns, feminine plural cadascunes)
Usage notes
The plural forms are used with pluralia tantum, which are grammatically plural but are still single objects.
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