commerce

commerce

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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)

  1. (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.
  2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
  3. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
    carnal commerce
  4. (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

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Translations

Verb

commerce (third-person singular simple present commerces, present participle commercing, simple past and past participle commerced)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To carry on trade; to traffic.
  2. (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)

  1. commerce, trade
  2. 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

  1. business, commerce

References

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

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