commode

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English

Etymology

Rococo commode, from circa 1760

Neoclassical commode, from circa 1780

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈməʊd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊd

Noun

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commode

commode (plural commodes)

A low chest of drawers on short legs.
A stand for a washbowl and jug.
Synonym: washstand
(historical, euphemistic) A chair containing a chamber pot.
(euphemistic, US) A toilet.
(historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
- 1696, George Granville, The She-Gallants:
  Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect,
  Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.

Synonyms

(chamber pot): See Thesaurus:chamber pot
(toilet): See Thesaurus:toilet

Related terms

Translations

low chest of drawers

Bulgarian: скрин (bg) (skrin)
Esperanto: komodo
Finnish: senkki (fi), matala lipasto
French: commode (fr) f
German: Kommode (de) f
Italian: canterano m, angoliera f, cantoniera f
Macedonian: комода f (komoda)
Russian: комо́д (ru) m (komód)
Spanish: cómoda (es) f
Swedish: kommod (sv)

stand for a washbowl and jug

Bulgarian: подвижен умивалник
Finnish: pesuvatiteline
Italian: porta bacinella m, porta catino m

euphemistic: toilet

Bengali: কমোড (komōḍ)
Bulgarian: тоалетна (bg) (toaletna)
Esperanto: klozeto, (euphemistic) necesejo
Finnish: pönttö (fi)
French: selle (fr) f
Italian: gabinetto (it) m, cesso (it) m

See also

air commode (unrelated etymology)
bidet

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɔd/
Audio (file)

Adjective

commode (plural commodes)

convenient; expedient

Derived terms

Descendants

→ German: kommod

Noun

commode f (plural commodes)

chest of drawers, commode, dresser
(Louisiana) toilet

Descendants

→ Danish: kommode
→ German: Kommode
→ English: commode
→ Icelandic: kommóða
→ Italian: comodino
→ Norman: commode
→ Norwegian: kommode
→ Russian: комод (komod)
→ Swedish: kommod
→ Persian: کمد (komod)

Further reading

“commode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.de/

Adjective

commode

comfortable

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

commodē (comparative commodius, superlative commodissimē)

Etymology 2

Adjective

commode

vocative masculine singular of commodus

References

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode.

Noun

commode f (plural commodes)

(Jersey) tallboy

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