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commerce^¹

/ˈkɒ.mɜːs/ UK
/ˈkɑ.mɚs/ US, dialectal
/ˈkɒm.ɚs/ Canada, dialectal
/ˈkɔm.əs/ Australia
/ˈkɒm.əs/ New Zealand
[kɔ̟m.əs] New Zealand
/kəˈmɜːs/ UK, dated
/kəˈmɝs/ US, dialectal, dated

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒməs, (Received Pronunciation, dated) -ɜːs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess. Displaced native Old English mangung.

noun commerces

countable, uncountable The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.
countable, uncountable Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. [A]ll libertine diſcourſe, and familiarities vvith vvomen, […] nay even friendſhip it ſelfe […] muſt be vvatched vvith great prudence to be kept ſafe: for vvhich cauſe in ſtead of all theſe perillous commerces of our love, I vvill preferre ſo ſecure an object to it, […]
countable, obsolete, uncountable Sexual intercourse. carnal commerce
countable, uncountable An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

verb commerces · commercing · commerced

archaic, intransitive To carry on trade; to traffic. [A]lwaies beware you commerce not with bankrupts, […]
archaic, intransitive To hold conversation; to communicate. No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]

Commerce^²

proper noun

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: commercialism, mercantilism, commerce department, market, trade, business, brokering, retail, trading, sale, economy, merchandising, merchant, dealing, marketing, exchange

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noun coitus

Français	rapports
Русский	сноше́ние snošénije

noun large scale trade

Español	comercio
한국어	무역 muyeok, 교역 gyoyeok, 상업 sang'eop
日本語	貿易 bōeki, 交易 kōeki, 商業 shōgyō
中文	貿易 /贸易 màoyì, 交易 jiāoyì, 商業 /商业 shāngyè
हिन्दी	व्यापार vyāpār, वाणिज्य vāṇijya, व्यवसाय vyavsāy
Kiswahili	biashara
Português	comércio
Français	commerce
Deutsch	Handel, Kommerz
Italiano	commercio
Ελληνικά	εμπόριο empório
Română	comerț
Русский	торго́вля torgóvlja, комме́рция kommércija
Tiếng Việt	sự buôn bán, thương mại, thương nghiệp
العربية	تِجَارَة tijāra
עברית	סַחַר sakhar, מִסְחָר miskhar

noun social interaction

Русский	обще́ние obščénije

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@misc{commerce_2026,
  title = {commerce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commerce},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}