comme
French
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French cum, com, from Vulgar Latin *quomo, from Latin quomodo.[1] Later the conjunction et was added to com, resulting in comme.[2] Cognate to Italian come. See also Spanish como and Catalan com.
Conjunction
comme
- as
- Je travaille comme artiste
- I work as an artist
- Je travaille comme artiste
- like
- J'agis comme il faut
- I act like I must
- J'agis comme il faut
- how
- Comme tu es belle ce soir !
- How beautiful you are tonight!
- Comme tu es belle ce soir !
Derived terms
References
- ^ 1964, Albert Dauzat; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, “comme”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse:
- ^ 2009, Jacqueline Picoche; Jean-Claude Rolland, “muid I 4”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert: