commuter
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kəˈmjuːtɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Noun
editcommuter (plural commuters)
- One who commutes (etymology 1).
- (transport) A person who regularly travels between two places.
- (US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.
- (Philippines) Using public transport.
- (transport) Normally a short form of commuter rail, commuter train or commuter bus; A transport system or a vehicle in such systems used to transport commuters (#2)
- He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edita person who regularly travels to and from work and home
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See also
edit- commuting (noun)
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin commūtāre.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcommuter
- (mathematics) to commute
- (electronics) to switch
Conjugation
editConjugation of commuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | commuter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | commutant /kɔ.my.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | commuté /kɔ.my.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutes /kɔ.myt/ |
commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutons /kɔ.my.tɔ̃/ |
commutez /kɔ.my.te/ |
commutent /kɔ.myt/ |
imperfect | commutais /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutais /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutait /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutions /kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/ |
commutiez /kɔ.my.tje/ |
commutaient /kɔ.my.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | commutai /kɔ.my.te/ |
commutas /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commuta /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commutâmes /kɔ.my.tam/ |
commutâtes /kɔ.my.tat/ |
commutèrent /kɔ.my.tɛʁ/ | |
future | commuterai /kɔ.my.tʁe/ |
commuteras /kɔ.my.tʁa/ |
commutera /kɔ.my.tʁa/ |
commuterons /kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/ |
commuterez /kɔ.my.tʁe/ |
commuteront /kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | commuterais /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterais /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterait /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterions /kɔ.my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
commuteriez /kɔ.my.tə.ʁje/ |
commuteraient /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutes /kɔ.myt/ |
commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutions /kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/ |
commutiez /kɔ.my.tje/ |
commutent /kɔ.myt/ |
imperfect2 | commutasse /kɔ.my.tas/ |
commutasses /kɔ.my.tas/ |
commutât /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commutassions /kɔ.my.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
commutassiez /kɔ.my.ta.sje/ |
commutassent /kɔ.my.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
— | commutons /kɔ.my.tɔ̃/ |
commutez /kɔ.my.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “commuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editcommūter
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