usual
English
Alternative forms
- (shortening, informal) (no fixed spelling) uzhe, uzh, yoozh
Etymology
From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ūsuālis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ūsus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ūtī (“to use”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt- (“to take along, fetch”). Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuːʒʊəl/, /ˈjuːʒəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: u‧su‧al
Adjective
usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)
- Most commonly occurring; typical.
- The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.
- It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.
Synonyms
- wonted, normal, common, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simple, typical
Antonyms
- unusual, abnormal, atypical
Derived terms
Derived terms
- as usual
- unusual
- usually
- usualness
- usual offices
- usual suspects
Related terms
- usuality
Translations
most commonly occurring
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Noun
usual (uncountable)
- The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
- (colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
- I'll just have the usual.
Usage notes
Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA(key): /juːʒ/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).
Further reading
- usual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- usual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- luaus
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin ūsuālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈswal/, [uˈswal]
Adjective
usual (epicene, plural usuales)
- common, typical, usual
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ūsuālis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /u.zuˈal/
Adjective
usual (masculine and feminine plural usuals)
- usual
- Antonym: inusual
Derived terms
- inusual
- usualment
Further reading
- “usual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “usual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “usual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “usual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ūsuālis.
Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
- usual, regular, normal
Derived terms
- usualmente
Further reading
- “usual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- usuel, usualle, usuale, usuell, usuall
Etymology
From Old French usuel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iu̯ziu̯ˈaːl/, /iu̯zuˈaːl/, /ˈiu̯ziu̯al/, /ˈiu̯zual/, /ˈiu̯zuəl/
Adjective
usual
- customary, established
- usual, normal, regular
Descendants
- English: usual
- Scots: usual, uswal, eeswal
References
- “ūsuā̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üsual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yˈzɥal/
Adjective
usual
- usual
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ūsuālis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.zuˈaw/ [u.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /uˈzwaw/ [uˈzwaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈzwal/ [uˈzwaɫ]
- Rhymes: -al, -aw
- Hyphenation: u‧su‧al
Adjective
usual m or f (plural usuais)
- usual (most commonly occurring)
- Antonym: inusual
Derived terms
- inusual
- usualmente
Related terms
- usar
- uso
Further reading
- “usual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ūsuālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: u‧sual
Adjective
usual (plural usuales)
- usual
- Antonym: inusual
Derived terms
- inusual
- usualmente
Further reading
- “usual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014