commerce
French, noun
commerce is spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E (8 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written French, the 982nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commerce is a French masculine noun meaning “commerce, trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, commercé is a different word: “past participle of commercer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet de transaction”.
What does commerce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommerce, trade
- 2
masculinestore, shop, trader
verb
- 1
past participle of commercer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Activité qui consiste à acheter et vendre des marchandises, des denrées, des valeurs, des services, etc., en vue de réaliser un profit. 2. Objet de transaction. 3. Pratique ou intrigue qui n’est pas honnête. 4. Ensemble des commerçants et négociants.
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 commerce
- commerces plural
- commercée feminine
- commercés masculine plural
- commercées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to commerce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commerce in French?
commerce appears 85 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).