French

Proper noun

Commode

1. Commodus

English

Noun

commode ‎(plural commodes)

1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.
2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.
3. (euphemistic) A chair containing a chamber pot.
4. (euphemistic) A toilet.
5. (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
   • Granville

     Or under high commodes, with looks erect.

Synonyms

• (chamber pot): See Wikisaurus:chamber pot
• (toilet): See Wikisaurus:toilet

Translations

Related terms

• discommode, incommode
• bidet

French

Etymology

From Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

commode m, f ‎(plural commodes)

1. convenient (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient)

Noun

commode f ‎(plural commodes)

1. chest of drawers, commode

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mo.de/

Adjective

commode

1. comfortable

Latin

Adjective

commode

1. vocative masculine singular of commodus

Adverb

commodē ‎(comparable commodius, superlative commodissimē)

1. conveniently
2. aptly, suitably

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “commode”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Borrowing from French commode.

Noun

commode f ‎(plural commodes)

1. (Jersey) tallboy