commerçant
French, noun/kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃/
commerçant is spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-Ç-A-N-T (10 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commerçant is a French masculine noun meaning “trader, retailer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of commercer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui gagne sa vie en faisant du commerce”.
What does commerçant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
trading; mercantile
noun
- 1
masculinetrader, retailer
- 2
masculineshopkeeper, storekeeper
verb
- 1
present participle of commercer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui commerce. 2. Où il se fait un grand commerce. 3. Qui a le sens du commerce, qui est doué pour le commerce.
noun: 1. Celui qui gagne sa vie en faisant du commerce.
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 commerçant
- commerçante feminine
- commerçants masculine plural
- commerçantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commerçant?
- /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃/
- \kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commerçant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commerçant in French?
commerçant appears 5.4 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).