commerçant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French commerçant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.mɛrˈsɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mer‧çant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

commerçant m (plural commerçanten)

1. (Belgium) businessman, trader

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɛʁ.sɑ̃/

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Adjective

commerçant (feminine commerçante, masculine plural commerçants, feminine plural commerçantes)

1. trading; mercantile

Noun

commerçant m (plural commerçants, feminine commerçante)

1. trader, retailer
2. shopkeeper, storekeeper

Descendants

• Russian: коммерса́нт (kommersánt), коммерса́нтка (kommersántka)

Participle

commerçant

1. present participle of commercer

Further reading

• “commerçant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.