commerce

Signification

Noun

1. 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.
2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.
3. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
4. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.

Verb

1. To carry on trade; to traffic.
2. To hold conversation; to communicate.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒm.əs/

Étymologie

Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium.

Phrases

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .

Le commerce romain a permis à son empire de s'épanouir et de durer.