# usual
## English
### Alternative forms

* uzhe, uzh, yoozh (slang, no fixed spelling)

### 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

* (UK) IPA: /ˈjuːʒʊəl/
* (US) IPA: /ˈjuːʒuəl/, /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

* as per the usual
* as per usual
* as usual
* business-as-usual
* business as usual
* unusual
* usual channels
* usually
* usualness
* usual office
* usual offices
* usual suspects
* uzhe
* yewzh

#### Related terms

* usuality

#### Translations
### Noun

usual (countable and uncountable, plural usuals)
* (uncountable) The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
* (countable, colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.
    I'll just have the usual.
    Two usuals, please.

#### Usage notes

Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA: /juːʒ/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).

#### Further reading

* “usual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “usual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* luaus

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: u‧sual

### Adjective

usual (epicene, plural usuales)
* common, typical, usual

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūsuālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [u.zuˈal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: u‧su‧al

### Adjective

usual m or f (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, 2025
* “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

Learned borrowing from Latin ūsuālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈswal/ [uˈs̺wɑɫ]
* Rhymes: -al
* Hyphenation: u‧sual

### Adjective

usual m or f (plural usuais)
* usual, regular, normal

#### Derived terms

* usualmente

### Further reading

* “usual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* usuel, usualle, usuale, usuell, usuall

### Etymology

From Old French usuel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /yˈzɥal/

### Adjective

usual
* usual

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin ūsuālis.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /u.zuˈaw/ [u.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /uˈzwaw/ [uˈzwaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈzwal/ [uˈzwaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈzwal/ [uˈzwaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /uˈzwa.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -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 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūsuālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈswal/ [uˈswal]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: u‧sual

### Adjective

usual m or f (masculine and feminine plural usuales)
* usual
    Antonym: inusual

#### Derived terms

* inusual
* usualmente

### Further reading

* “usual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10