No. 2,783 in French

communs

"Communs" means "shared" or "common" in English.

In a sentence

Nous avons des intérêts communs dans ce projet.
We have common interests in this project.
The word 'communs' is used as an adjective to describe shared interests between individuals.
Les espaces communs dans cet immeuble sont très propres.
The common areas in this building are very clean.
Here, 'communs' is again an adjective describing areas that are shared or accessible to all inhabitants of the building.
Il est important de trouver un terrain d'entente dans nos objectifs communs.
It is important to find common ground in our common objectives.
In this case, 'communs' modifies 'objectifs' to show that the goals are mutual or shared among participants.

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