commence

See also commencé

English

Etymology

From Old French commencer, from Vulgar Latin cominitiare, formed on Latin com- + initiō

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈmɛns/, X-SAMPA: /k@"mEns/
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Verb

commence (third-person singular simple present commences, present participle commencing, simple past and past participle commenced)

1. (transitive) To begin, start.

Antonyms

• cease
• stop

Related terms

• commencement

Translations

To begin, start

• Armenian: սկսել (hy) (sksel)
• Bulgarian: започвам (bg) (započvam)
• Danish: begynde (da)
• Dutch: aanvangen (nl)
• Esperanto: komenciĝi (eo)
• Finnish: aloittaa (fi)
• French: commencer (fr)
• German: anfangen (de), beginnen (de)
• Greek: αρχίζω (el) (archizo)
• Haitian Creole: komanse

• Hungarian: elkezd (hu)
• Interlingua: comenciar (ia)
• Italian: cominciare (it)
• Norwegian: begynne (no), påbegynne (no)
• Portuguese: começar (pt)
• Romanian: a începe (ro)
• Russian: начинать (ru) (nachináť), начинаться (ru) (nachináťsia)
• Spanish: comenzar (es)
• Swedish: börja (sv)
• Turkish: başlatmak (tr)

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French

Verb

commence

1. first-person singular present indicative of commencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of commencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of commencer
5. second-person singular imperative of commencer