commis

English

Etymology

From French commis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmi/, /ˈkɒmɪs/, /kəˈmi/
  • Homophone: commie
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

commis (plural commis)

1. (chiefly in combination) An assistant to a chef.

   Coordinate terms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook

2. (obsolete) A deputy or clerk of a foreign official.

Anagrams

• SimCom, momics, sim-com

French

Etymology

From the past tense of commettre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Adjective

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

1. commercial

Noun

commis m (invariable, feminine commise)

1. clerk
2. shop assistant; salesclerk

Related terms

• grand commis

Verb

commis

1. first/second-person singular past historic of commettre

Participle

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

1. past participle of commettre

Participle

commis m pl

1. masculine plural of commi

Further reading

• “commis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis
• cummi
• gummi
• commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm.mis]

Noun

commis f (genitive commis or commeos); third declension

1. alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

	singular	plural
nominative	commis	commēs
genitive	commis commeos	commium
dative	commī	commibus
accusative	commim	commēs commīs
ablative	commī	commibus
vocative	commis	commēs

References

• “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cummi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.