commercer
French, verb/kɔ.mɛʁ.se/
commercer is spelled C-O-M-M-E-R-C-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,202nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commercer is a French verb meaning “to trade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire du commerce”.
What does commercer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trade
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire du commerce. 2. Avoir des rapports de société avec une ou plusieurs personnes.
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 commercer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- commerçant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- commercé participle past
- commerce first-person indicative present
- commerces indicative present second-person
- commerçons first-person indicative plural
- commercez indicative plural present
- commercent indicative plural present
- commerçais first-person imperfect indicative
- commerçait imperfect indicative singular
- commercions first-person imperfect indicative
- commerciez imperfect indicative plural
- commerçaient imperfect indicative plural
- commerçai first-person historic indicative
- commerças historic indicative past
- commerça historic indicative past
- commerçâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commercer?
- /kɔ.mɛʁ.se/
- \kɔ.mɛʁ.se\
- [kɔ.mɛʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to commercer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is commercer in French?
commercer appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).