English Online Dictionary. What means commercial? What does commercial mean?
English
Etymology
From commerce + -ial. From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈmɝ.ʃəl/
Noun
commercial (plural commercials)
- An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
- (finance) A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.
- (obsolete) A commercial traveller.
- (slang) A male prostitute.
Hypernyms
- advertisement
Hyponyms
- infomercial
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
commercial (comparative more commercial, superlative most commercial)
- Of or pertaining to commerce.
- (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
- (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- commerce
- commercialize
- precommercial
Further reading
- “commercial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “commercial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin commerciālis. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal/
- Homophones: commerciale, commerciales
Adjective
commercial (feminine commerciale, masculine plural commerciaux, feminine plural commerciales)
- commercial
Derived terms
Noun
commercial m (plural commerciaux)
- a salesman, sales representative
Further reading
- “commercial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Noun
commercial m (plural commerciaes or commerciais)
- Obsolete spelling of comercial.
Adjective
commercial m or f (plural commerciaes or commerciais)
- Obsolete spelling of comercial.