English Online Dictionary. What means commercial? What does commercial mean?
English
Etymology
From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.
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