"commercial" in seven languages
Meaningcommercial
Spanish
comercial
/komeɾˈθjal/
learned
As a noun, un comercial is a sales representative.
French
commercial
/kɔmɛʁsjal/
learned
As a noun, un commercial is a salesperson.
Italian
commerciale
/kommerˈtʃale/
learned
Portuguese
comercial
/komehsiˈaw/
learned
Romanian
comercial
/komertʃiˈal/
learned
Catalan
comercial
/kuməɾsiˈal/
learned
English
commercial
/kəˈmɝʃəl/
from Latin/French · commerce (French, from Latin) + -al
English → ItaliancommercialcommercialeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
COMMERCIUM‘trade (CUM + MERX 'goods')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
COMMERCIUM is trading goods (MERX) with someone. Spanish writes one m, comercial; French and Italian keep two.
English relatives: commerce, merchant, merchandise, mercantile
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In a sentence
- esEs una zona comercial.
- frC'est une zone commerciale.
- itÈ una zona commerciale.
- ptÉ uma zona comercial.
- roEste o zonă comercială.
- caÉs una zona comercial.
- enThis is a commercial area.
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