commode

See also: Commode

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode.

Noun

commode (plural commodes)

  1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.
  2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.
  3. (euphemistic) A chair containing a chamber pot.
  4. (euphemistic) A toilet.
  5. (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
    • Granville
      Or under high commodes, with looks erect.

Synonyms

Translations


French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.mɔd/
  • (file)

Adjective

commode (plural commodes)

  1. convenient (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient)

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

commode f (plural commodes)

  1. chest of drawers, commode
  2. (Louisiana) toilet

Descendants

Further reading


Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkom.mo.de/

Adjective

commode

  1. comfortable

Latin

Adjective

commode

  1. vocative masculine singular of commodus

Adverb

commodē (comparative commodius, superlative commodissimē)

  1. conveniently
  2. aptly, suitably

References

  • commode in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commode in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • commode in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to indulge in apt witticisms: facete et commode dicere
    • (ambiguous) a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode.

Noun

commode f (plural commodes)

  1. (Jersey) tallboy
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