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chacun

/ʃa.kœ̃/

pronoun/ʃa.kœ̃/

each, each one; every, everyone

Ces fromages coutent 1 euro chacun.These cheeses cost 1 euro each.

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.