comme
French, conjunction
comme is spelled C-O-M-M-E (5 letters) and appears 2,570 times per million words in written French, the 53rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comme is a French conjunction meaning “as (in the role of, by way of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, commé is a different word: “past participle of commer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ainsi que”.
What does comme mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
as (in the role of, by way of)
Je travaille comme artiste.
- 2
like, as
Tu parles comme un fou.
- 3
such as
des philosophes comme Descartes, Spinoza ou Kant
- 4
how
Comme tu es belle ce soir !
- 5
because, as, since
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir.
particle
- 1
Canadacolloquiallike
verb
- 1
past participle of commer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De même que ; ainsi que. 2. Autant que. 3. À quel point, combien. 4. Par exemple.
conjunction: 1. Ainsi que. 2. De la manière que, autant que.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comme
- c. alternative abbreviation
- commée feminine
- commés masculine plural
- commées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to comme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comme in French?
comme appears 2,570 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).