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commuto

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See also: commutò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈmu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: com‧mù‧to

Verb

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commuto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of commutare

Latin

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Etymology

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    From con- + mūtō (change, alter).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    commūtō (present infinitive commūtāre, perfect active commūtāvī, supine commūtātum); first conjugation

    1. to change or alter entirely; modify, correct, reform, transform
      Synonyms: alterō, trānsferō, mūtō, versō, vertō, cōnferō
    2. (of fruits) to decay, spoil, rot
    3. to exchange something with another, change, barter, interchange, replace, substitute, traffic
      Synonyms: mūtō, reparō
    4. to exchange words, converse, discourse, have a conversation
      Synonym: colloquor

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Asturian: camudar
    • Catalan: commutar
    • English: commute
    • French: commuer (with influence from muer)
    • Italian: commutare
    • Portuguese: comutar
    • Romanian: comuta
    • Spanish: conmutar

    References

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    • commuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • commuto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • commuto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
      • to exchange prisoners: captivos permutare, commutare
      • to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)