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commercial
- /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/ UK
- /kəˈmɝ.ʃəl/ Canada, US
- /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/ Australia
- /kəˈmøː.ʃəl/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.
noun commercials
- An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television. She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal.
- A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.
- A commercial traveller. I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.
- A male prostitute. Tom said that homosexuals hate “commercials,” male prostitutes, and if the homosexual was drunk and angry, he might have committed murder.
adjective more commercial · most commercial
- Of or pertaining to commerce. A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
- Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
- Designating such an airplane flight.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: technical, business, mercantile, trade, moneymaking, mercenary, inferior, commercial message, commercialized, advertisement, advertising, developer, publicity, brand-name, style, industrial
Translations
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noun advertisement in a common media format
| Español | anuncio, comercial, spot, publicidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 씨에프 ssiepeu, CF (ssiepeu) |
| 日本語 | コマーシャル komāsharu, シーエム shīemu, ＣＭ (shīemu) |
| 中文 | 廣告 /广告 guǎnggào |
| हिन्दी | विज्ञापन vijñāpan |
| Português | anúncio, comercial, propaganda |
| Français | publicité |
| Deutsch | Werbung, Werbespot |
| Ελληνικά | διαφήμιση diafímisi |
| Română | reclamă |
| Русский | рекла́ма rekláma |
| العربية | إِعْلَان تِجَارِيّ ʔiʕlān tijāriyy |
| עברית | פִּרְסוֹמֶת pirsómet, תַּשְׁדִּיר tashdír |
adj of or pertaining to commerce
| Español | comercial |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 商業の shōgyō no |
| 中文 | 商業 /商业 shāngyè |
| हिन्दी | वाणिज्यिक vāṇijyik |
| Português | comercial |
| Français | commercial |
| Deutsch | kommerziell, geschäftlich, gewerblich, Handels- |
| Italiano | commerciale |
| Ελληνικά | εμπορικός emporikós |
| Română | comercial |
| Русский | торго́вый torgóvyj, комме́рческий kommérčeskij |
| العربية | تِجَارِيّ tijāriyy |
| עברית | מסחרי miskhari |
Talk about this word "commercial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/commercial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. commercial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/commercial "commercial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/commercial.Cite this
@misc{commercial_2026,
title = {commercial},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/commercial},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
