commit
French, verb
commit is spelled C-O-M-M-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 38,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commit is a French verb meaning “third-person singular past historic of commettre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, commît is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of commettre”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enregistrer la nouvelle version d'un fichier sur un système de gestion de configuration”.
What does commit mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of commettre
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of commettre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Commande validant une transaction en cours, archivage.
verb: 1. Enregistrer la nouvelle version d'un fichier sur un système de gestion de configuration.
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 commit
- commits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is commit in French?
commit 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).