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comme

comme

See also: commé and cómme

French

Alternative forms

  • c. abbreviation

Conjunction

comme

  1. as
    Je travaille comme artiste
    I work as an artist
  2. like
    J'agis comme il faut
    I act like I must
  3. how
    Comme tu es belle ce soir !
    How beautiful you are tonight!

Derived terms

References

  1. Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), comme”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
  2. Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), muid I 4”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cum, com.

Preposition

comme

  1. like (resembling, in a manner such as)
    • 1609, André Rivet, Sommaire et abrégé des controverses de notre temps touchant la religion, page 208
      L'Eglise est comme un grand fleuve
      The church is like a large river

Descendants


Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French cum, com, from Vulgar Latin *quōmo, from Latin quōmodo.

Conjunction

comme

  1. (Guernsey) like
  2. (Guernsey) as