commuer
French, verb/kɔ.mɥe/
commuer is spelled C-O-M-M-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Commuer is a French verb meaning “to commute (a sentence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changer une peine judiciaire en une autre moindre”.
What does commuer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to commute (a sentence)
Commuer la peine de quelqu'un.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Changer une peine judiciaire en une autre moindre.
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 commuer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- commuant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- commué participle past
- commue first-person indicative present
- commues indicative present second-person
- commuons first-person indicative plural
- commuez indicative plural present
- commuent indicative plural present
- commuais first-person imperfect indicative
- commuait imperfect indicative singular
- commuions first-person imperfect indicative
- commuiez imperfect indicative plural
- commuaient imperfect indicative plural
- commuai first-person historic indicative
- commuas historic indicative past
- commua historic indicative past
- commuâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce commuer?
- /kɔ.mɥe/
- \kɔ.mɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is commuer in French?
commuer appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).