commercial

commerce +‎ -ial. From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɜːʃəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɝʃəl/

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commercial (plural commercials)

1. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
2. (finance) A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.

• advertisement

• infomercial

commercial (comparative more commercial, superlative most commercial)

1. Of or pertaining to commerce.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

2. (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
3. (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.

• commerce
• commercialize
• precommercial

• commercial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• commercial in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Borrowed from Late Latin commerciālis, from Latin commercium; equivalent to commerce +‎ -ial

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɛʁ.sjal/

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• Homophones: commerciale, commerciales

commercial (feminine singular commerciale, masculine plural commerciaux, feminine plural commerciales)

1. commercial

commercial m (plural commerciaux)

1. a salesman, sales representative

• “commercial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

commercial m (plural commerciaes or commerciais)

1. Obsolete spelling of comercial

commercial m or f (plural commerciaes or commerciais)

1. Obsolete spelling of comercial