comité

See also: comite, comitè, and comitê

Catalan

Noun

comité m (plural comités)

1. (Valencia) Alternative spelling of comitè

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French comité, from English committee, from Middle English [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.miˈteː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧té
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

comité n (plural comités, diminutive comiteetje n)

1. committee

Derived terms

• aanbevelingscomité
• buurtcomité
• feestcomité
• onthaalcomité
• ontvangstcomité
• welkomstcomité
• wijkcomité

Descendants

• → Indonesian: komite

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English committee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

comité m (plural comités)

1. committee

Derived terms

• comité de lecture
• comité exécutif
• comité restreint
• petit comité
• sous-comité

 

Descendants

• → Armenian: կոմիտե (komite)
• → Bulgarian: комитет (komitet)
• → Catalan: comitè
• → Dutch: comité
  • → Indonesian: komite
• → Norwegian Bokmål: komité
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: komité
• → Portuguese: comité, comitê
• → Silesian: kōmitej
• → Spanish: comité
• → Turkish: komite

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• comitê (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from French comité, from English committee, from Latin committere.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈtɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɔ.miˈtɛ/, /ku.miˈtɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧té

Noun

comité m (plural comités)

1. (Portugal) committee (group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose)

Related terms

• comissão

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French comité, from English committee. Doublet of cometido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komiˈte/ [ko.miˈt̪e]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: co‧mi‧té

Noun

comité m (plural comités)

1. committee

Derived terms

• comité de empresa

 

Further reading

• “comité”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014