Wiktionary

commis

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

French

NounEdit

commis (plural commis)

  1. (obsolete) A deputy or clerk of a foreign official
  2. (chiefly in combination) An assistant to a chef

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.mi/
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AdjectiveEdit

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

  1. commercial

NounEdit

commis m (plural commis, feminine commise)

  1. clerk
  2. shop assistant; salesclerk

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

commis

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of commettre

ParticipleEdit

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

  1. past participle of commettre

ParticipleEdit

commis m pl

  1. masculine plural of the past participle of commettre

Further readingEdit

LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

commis f (genitive commis or commeos); third declension

  1. Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative commis commēs
Genitive commis
commeos 		commium
Dative commī commibus
Accusative commim commēs
commīs
Ablative commī commibus
Vocative commis commēs

ReferencesEdit

  • “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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