commode

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English

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Etymology

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Rococo commode, from circa 1760
Neoclassical commode, from circa 1780

Borrowed from French commode (literally convenient). Doublet of comodo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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commode (plural commodes)

  1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.
  2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.
    Synonym: washstand
  3. (historical, euphemistic) A chair containing a chamber pot.
  4. (euphemistic, US) A toilet.
  5. (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.mɔd/
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  • Hyphenation: com‧mode

Adjective

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commode (plural commodes)

  1. convenient
    Synonym: pratique
  2. expedient
    Synonym: expédient

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • German: kommod

Noun

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commode f (plural commodes)

  1. chest of drawers, commode, dresser
  2. (Louisiana) toilet
    Synonym: toilette

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Interlingua

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commode

  1. comfortable

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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commodē (comparative commodius, superlative commodissimē)

  1. conveniently
  2. aptly, suitably

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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commode

  1. vocative masculine singular of commodus

References

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  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to indulge in apt witticisms: facete et commode dicere
    • (ambiguous) a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French commode.

Noun

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commode f (plural commodes)

  1. (Jersey) tallboy