Standard Lemma guide

commercial

adj · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/
  • Canada, General-American: /kəˈmɝ.ʃəl/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/
  • New-Zealand: /kəˈmøː.ʃəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M ER1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to commerce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Designating such an airplane flight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A commercial traveller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A male prostitute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • commercial trucker
  • commercial TV
  • commercial diamonds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: noncommercial

9

adjective

Meaning 9

of or relating to commercialism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a commercial attache
  • commercial paper
  • commercial law

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

of the kind or quality used in commerce; average or inferior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • commercial grade of beef
  • commercial oxalic acid

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: commercial-grade

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: commercial message

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ad, advertisement, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert

Narrower terms: infomercial, informercial

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تِجَارِيّ (tijāriyy) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Armenian: առեւտրային (aṙewtrayin) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Bulgarian: комерсиален (komersialen) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Bulgarian: търговски (tǎrgovski) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Catalan: comercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 商業 /商业 (shāngyè) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Czech: obchodní — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Czech: komerční — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Danish: handels- — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Danish: erhvervs- — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Danish: kommerciel — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Dutch: commercieel — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Esperanto: komerca — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Finnish: kaupallinen — of or pertaining to commerce
  • French: commercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Galician: comercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Georgian: კომერციალური (ḳomercialuri) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Georgian: სავაჭრო (savač̣ro) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • German: kommerziell — of or pertaining to commerce
  • German: geschäftlich — of or pertaining to commerce
  • German: gewerblich — of or pertaining to commerce
  • German: Handels- — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Greek: εμπορικός (emporikós) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Ancient Greek: ἐμπορικός (emporikós) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Hebrew: מסחרי (miskhari) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Hindi: वाणिज्यिक (vāṇijyik) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Hungarian: kereskedelmi — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Indonesian: komersial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Italian: commerciale — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Japanese: 商業の (shōgyō no) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Kazakh: коммерциялық (kommersiälyq) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Latvian: tirdzniecisks — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Latvian: veikalniecisks — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Macedonian: стопански (stopanski) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Macedonian: трговски (trgovski) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Macedonian: комерција́лен (komercijálen) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Malay: perdagangan — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Malay: komersil — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Malayalam: വാണിജ്യ (vāṇijya) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Māori: arumoni — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Marathi: वाणिज्यिक (vāṇijyik) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Marathi: व्यापारविषयक (vyāpārviṣyak) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Marathi: व्यापारी (vyāpārī) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Persian: تجاری (tejâri) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Polish: komercyjny — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Portuguese: comercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Romanian: comercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Russian: торго́вый (torgóvyj) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Russian: комме́рческий (kommérčeskij) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Serbo-Croatian: komercijalan — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Serbo-Croatian: trgovački — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Spanish: comercial — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Tagalog: kalakalin — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Thai: เชิงพาณิชย์ (choeng-pha-nit) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Ukrainian: комерційний (komercijnyj) — of or pertaining to commerce
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان تِجَارِيّ (ʔiʕlān tijāriyy) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Armenian: գովազդ (govazd) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Bulgarian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Catalan: anunci — advertisement in a common media format
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣告 /广告 (guǎnggào) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Czech: reklama — advertisement in a common media format
  • Danish: reklame — advertisement in a common media format
  • Danish: reklamefilmen — advertisement in a common media format
  • Dutch: reclamespot — advertisement in a common media format
  • Faroese: lýsing — advertisement in a common media format
  • Finnish: mainos — advertisement in a common media format
  • French: publicité — advertisement in a common media format
  • Galician: anuncio — advertisement in a common media format
  • German: Werbung — advertisement in a common media format
  • German: Werbespot — advertisement in a common media format
  • Greek: διαφήμιση (diafímisi) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Hebrew: פִּרְסוֹמֶת (pirsómet) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Hebrew: תַּשְׁדִּיר (tashdír) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Hindi: विज्ञापन (vijñāpan) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Hungarian: reklám — advertisement in a common media format
  • Indonesian: iklan — advertisement in a common media format
  • Japanese: コマーシャル (komāsharu) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Japanese: シーエム (shīemu) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Japanese: CM (shīemu) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Korean: 씨에프 (ssiepeu) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Korean: CF (ssiepeu) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Macedonian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Macedonian: ЕПП (EPP) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Malay: iklan — advertisement in a common media format
  • Norwegian: reklame — advertisement in a common media format
  • Norwegian: annonse — advertisement in a common media format
  • Persian: آگهی بازرگانی (âgahi ye bâzargâni) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Persian: آنونس (ânons) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Polish: reklama — advertisement in a common media format
  • Portuguese: anúncio — advertisement in a common media format
  • Portuguese: comercial — advertisement in a common media format
  • Portuguese: propaganda — advertisement in a common media format
  • Romanian: reclamă — advertisement in a common media format
  • Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — advertisement in a common media format
  • Slovak: reklama — advertisement in a common media format
  • Spanish: anuncio — advertisement in a common media format
  • Spanish: comercial — advertisement in a common media format
  • Spanish: spot — advertisement in a common media format
  • Spanish: publicidad — advertisement in a common media format
  • Turkish: reklam — advertisement in a common media format
  • Ukrainian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — advertisement in a common media format
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