ordinaire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- common adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
- commonplace adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- mundane adj Ordinary and unremarkable; part of everyday routine rather than exciting or unusual.
- normal adjective Usual, typical, or expected; conforming to what is standard.
- ordinary adj Normal, usual, or unremarkable; not special or different from what is expected.
- pedestrian noun A person who is walking, especially as distinct from someone driving or riding.
- quotidian adj Happening every day; daily.
- rascal noun A dishonest or badly behaved person, especially in a way that can seem mischievous rather than truly dangerous.
- regular adj Happening at consistent, predictable intervals.
- unremarkable adj Ordinary; not exceptional or worth commenting on.
Senses
ordinaire is used for these senses in English:
- common Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
- commonplace Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
- mundane Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- normal (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- ordinary Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
- ordinary Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
- quotidian Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly. [from 15th c.]
- rascal (archaic) Low; lowly, part of or belonging to the common rabble.
common — full definition
- adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
- adjective Shared by two or more people or things.
- adjective Ordinary or unremarkable, sometimes used to suggest something is unrefined or lacking class.
- noun An open area of land, especially in a town, that everyone is free to use.
commonplace — full definition
- adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.