noun
Meaning 1
A low chest of drawers on short legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
commode
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈməʊd/
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rhymes with -əʊd
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A stand for a washbowl and jug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: washstand
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A chair containing a chamber pot.
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noun
Meaning 4
A toilet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia, US, euphemistic
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
a tall elegant chest of drawers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chiffonier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser
noun
Meaning 7
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: toilet, can, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plumbing fixture
Narrower terms: flushless toilet, flush toilet, lavatory, potty seat, potty chair
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: скрин (skrin) — low chest of drawers
- Esperanto: komodo — low chest of drawers
- Finnish: senkki — low chest of drawers
- Finnish: matala lipasto — low chest of drawers
- French: commode — low chest of drawers
- German: Kommode — low chest of drawers
- Hungarian: komód — low chest of drawers
- Italian: canterano — low chest of drawers
- Italian: angoliera — low chest of drawers
- Italian: cantoniera — low chest of drawers
- Macedonian: комода (komoda) — low chest of drawers
- Russian: комо́д (komód) — low chest of drawers
- Spanish: cómoda — low chest of drawers
- Swedish: kommod — low chest of drawers
- Finnish: pesuvatiteline — stand for a washbowl and jug
- Italian: porta bacinella — stand for a washbowl and jug
- Italian: porta catino — stand for a washbowl and jug
- Bengali: কমোড (komōḍ) — euphemistic: toilet
- Bulgarian: тоалетна (toaletna) — euphemistic: toilet
- Esperanto: klozeto — euphemistic: toilet
- Esperanto: necesejo — euphemistic: toilet
- Finnish: pönttö — euphemistic: toilet
- French: selle — euphemistic: toilet
- Italian: gabinetto — euphemistic: toilet
- Italian: cesso — euphemistic: toilet