commuter

English

Etymology

commute +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

commuter (plural commuters)

  1. One that commutes (etymology 1)
  2. A person who regularly travels from one place to another, typically to work.
  3. (US, informal) A piece of transportation equipment used for the transportation of such persons.
    He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From Latin commūtō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ.my.te/
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Verb

commuter

  1. (mathematics) to commute
  2. (electronics) to switch

Conjugation
Conjugation of commuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle commutant
/kɔ.my.tɑ̃/
past participle commuté
/kɔ.my.te/
infinitive
simple commuter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple commutant
/kɔ.my.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present commute
/kɔ.myt/		 commutes
/kɔ.myt/		 commute
/kɔ.myt/		 commutons
/kɔ.my.tɔ̃/		 commutez
/kɔ.my.te/		 commutent
/kɔ.myt/
imperfect commutais
/kɔ.my.tɛ/		 commutais
/kɔ.my.tɛ/		 commutait
/kɔ.my.tɛ/		 commutions
/kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/		 commutiez
/kɔ.my.tje/		 commutaient
/kɔ.my.tɛ/
past historic2 commutai
/kɔ.my.te/		 commutas
/kɔ.my.ta/		 commuta
/kɔ.my.ta/		 commutâmes
/kɔ.my.tam/		 commutâtes
/kɔ.my.tat/		 commutèrent
/kɔ.my.tɛʁ/
future commuterai
/kɔ.my.tʁe/		 commuteras
/kɔ.my.tʁa/		 commutera
/kɔ.my.tʁa/		 commuterons
/kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/		 commuterez
/kɔ.my.tʁe/		 commuteront
/kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/
conditional commuterais
/kɔ.my.tʁɛ/		 commuterais
/kɔ.my.tʁɛ/		 commuterait
/kɔ.my.tʁɛ/		 commuterions
/kɔ.my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 commuteriez
/kɔ.my.tə.ʁje/		 commuteraient
/kɔ.my.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present commute
/kɔ.myt/		 commutes
/kɔ.myt/		 commute
/kɔ.myt/		 commutions
/kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/		 commutiez
/kɔ.my.tje/		 commutent
/kɔ.myt/
imperfect2 commutasse
/kɔ.my.tas/		 commutasses
/kɔ.my.tas/		 commutât
/kɔ.my.ta/		 commutassions
/kɔ.my.ta.sjɔ̃/		 commutassiez
/kɔ.my.ta.sje/		 commutassent
/kɔ.my.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — commute
/kɔ.myt/		 — commutons
/kɔ.my.tɔ̃/		 commutez
/kɔ.my.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

commūter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of commūtō
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