commissionnaire

English

Etymology

French, from Latin commissio.

Noun

commissionnaire (plural commissionnaires)

1. Alternative form of commissionaire

References

• “commissionnaire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From commission +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi.sjɔ.nɛʁ/

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Noun

commissionnaire m or f by sense (plural commissionnaires)

1. a person who charges commission
2. commissionaire

Further reading

• “commissionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.