commute

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːt/
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• Canada, General-American: /kəˈmjut/
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• Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /kəˈmjʉːt/
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• rhymes with -uːt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M Y UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree ▲ English commute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English commutation English ticket English commutation ticket English commute From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin mūtō Latin commūtōbor. English commute Borrowed from Latin commūtō.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: työmatka — route
• French: trajet — route
• German: Arbeitsweg — route
• German: Pendlerstrecke — route
• Spanish: ruta pendular — route
• Spanish: ruta al y del trabajo — route
• Swedish: pendling — route
• Finnish: työmatka — distance
• German: Pendlerstrecke — distance
• Spanish: distancia pendular — distance
• Finnish: maksaa kerralla — finance: to pay out the lump-sum present value
• Finnish: suorittaa kertamaksu — finance: to pay out the lump-sum present value
• German: ablösen — finance: to pay out the lump-sum present value
• German: umwandeln — finance: to pay out the lump-sum present value
• Finnish: maksaa kerralla — to pay in gross instead of part by part
• German: ablösen — to pay in gross instead of part by part
• Catalan: commutar — legal: to reduce a sentence
• Finnish: lieventää — legal: to reduce a sentence
• German: herabsetzen — legal: to reduce a sentence
• German: umwandeln — legal: to reduce a sentence
• German: abwandeln — legal: to reduce a sentence
• Russian: смягчать наказание (smjaxčatʹ nakazanije) — legal: to reduce a sentence
• Spanish: conmutar — legal: to reduce a sentence
• Spanish: indultar — legal: to reduce a sentence
• Finnish: tinkiä — to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution
• German: tauschen — to obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution
• Bulgarian: заменям (zamenjam) — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Catalan: commutar — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Finnish: muuntaa — to put or substitute something else in place of
• German: austauschen — to put or substitute something else in place of
• German: umtauschen — to put or substitute something else in place of
• German: vertauschen — to put or substitute something else in place of
• German: umwandeln — to put or substitute something else in place of
• German: abwandeln — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Spanish: conmutar — to put or substitute something else in place of
• Catalan: commutar — math: to be commutative
• Danish: kommutere — math: to be commutative
• Finnish: kommutoida — math: to be commutative
• French: commuter — math: to be commutative
• German: ersetzen — math: to be commutative
• German: tauschen — math: to be commutative
• German: austauschen — math: to be commutative
• German: vertauschen — math: to be commutative
• German: umstellen — math: to be commutative
• German: kommutieren — math: to be commutative
• Hungarian: kommutál — math: to be commutative
• Italian: commutare — math: to be commutative
• Portuguese: comutar — math: to be commutative
• Russian: коммутировать (kommutirovatʹ) — math: to be commutative
• Spanish: conmutar — math: to be commutative
• Swedish: kommutera — math: to be commutative
• Chinese Mandarin: 通勤 (tōngqín) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Danish: pendle — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Dutch: pendelen — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Finnish: käydä töissä — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• French: faire la navette — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• German: pendeln — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• German: hin- und herfahren — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Hungarian: ingázik — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Hungarian: pendlizik — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Italian: fare il pendolare — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Japanese: 通う (kayou) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Japanese: 通勤する (tsūkin-suru) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Korean: 통하다 (tonghada) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Korean: 통근하다 (tonggeunhada) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: pendle — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pendle — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Polish: dojeżdżać do pracy — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Portuguese: fazer a jornada (de trabalho) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Romanian: face naveta — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Russian: е́здить (jézditʹ) — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Spanish: pendular — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Spanish: transitar al y del trabajo — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Spanish: pendulear — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Spanish: movilizarse a y de la chamba — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Spanish: ir / acudir regularmente — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.
• Swedish: pendla — to regularly travel to and from work, school etc.