verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/kəˈmɒ.dɪ.faɪ/
General-American:/kəˈmɑ.dɪ.faɪ/
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verb
Meaning 1
To make something into a commodity, sometimes at the expense of its intrinsic value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English commodify From commodity + -ify.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
mercantilitzar
— to make something a commodity
Chinese Mandarin:
商品化
(shāngpǐnhuà)
— to make something a commodity
German:
kommerzialisieren
— to make something a commodity
German:
kommodifizieren
— to make something a commodity
Hindi:
बाज़ारीकरण
(bāzārīkraṇ)
— to make something a commodity
Korean:
상품화하다
(sangpumhwa-hada)
— to make something a commodity
Māori:
whakataongahoko
— to make something a commodity
Polish:
utowarowić
— to make something a commodity
Portuguese:
comercializar
— to make something a commodity
Spanish:
mercantilizar
— to make something a commodity