English Online Dictionary. What means commerce? What does commerce mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.əs/, (verb, dated) /kəˈmɜːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.mɚs/, (verb, dated) /kəˈmɝs/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒməs, (Received Pronunciation, dated) -ɜːs
Noun
commerce (countable and uncountable, plural commerces)
- (business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
- Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- carnal commerce
- (card games) An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.
Synonyms
- trade, traffic, dealings, intercourse, interchange, communion, communication
- See also Thesaurus:copulation
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
commerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)
- (intransitive, archaic) To carry on trade; to traffic.
- (intransitive, archaic) To hold conversation; to communicate.
Further reading
- “commerce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “commerce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French commerce, borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”), from com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɛʁs/
Noun
commerce m (plural commerces)
- commerce, trade
- store, shop, trader
Derived terms
- commerce équitable
- commercial
- café du commerce
- fonds de commerce
Related terms
- marché
- marchand
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: komès
See also
- négoce
Further reading
- “commerce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole
Etymology
From French commerce (“commerce”).
Noun
commerce
- business, commerce
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales