Ordinaires (en. Ordinary)

/ɔʁ.dineʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

adjective

Refers to something that is common, banal.

These events are quite ordinary.

Ces événements sont tout à fait ordinaires.

Which does not present anything exceptional.

It was an ordinary day.

C'était une journée ordinaire.

Used to designate something of average or low quality.

This dish is rather ordinary.

Ce plat est plutôt ordinaire.

From Latin 'ordinarius', meaning ordinary or usual.

ordinary life

Normal life, without special events.

vie ordinaire

ordinary things

Common elements or facts, lacking originality.

choses ordinaires

ordinary style

A standard style, without distinction or particularity.

style ordinaire

ordinary

Adjective for something normal.

ordinaire

prescription

Action of ordering or prescribing something.

ordonnance

to order

To put in a certain order or to establish a command.

ordonner

Not exceptional, banal.

It’s just another ordinary movie.

C'est juste un autre film ordinaire.

Something trivial.

This problem is really ordinary.

Ce problème est vraiment ordinaire.