noun · 3 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.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/iˈkɑmɚs/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Commercial activity conducted via the Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
Topics: business
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: e-comms
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of e-commerce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
commerce conducted electronically (as on the internet)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Proto-Indo-European *h1éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English electron ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electronic English e- English commerce English e-commerce From e- + commerce.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تِجَارَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة
(tijāra ʔiliktrōniyya)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Azerbaijani:
elektron ticarət
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Catalan:
comerç electrònic
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Chinese Mandarin:
電子商貿 /电子商贸
(diànzǐ shāngmào)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Chinese Mandarin:
電子商務 /电子商务
(diànzǐ shāngwù)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Chinese Mandarin:
e商務 /e商务
(e-shāngwù)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Chinese Mandarin:
e商業 /e商业
(e-shāngyè)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Chinese Mandarin:
電商 /电商
(diànshāng)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Danish:
nethandel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Danish:
e-handel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Dutch:
electronic commerce
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Dutch:
e-commerce
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Finnish:
verkkokauppa
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Finnish:
verkkokaupankäynti
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
French:
commerce électronique
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
French:
vente en ligne
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
French:
cyberboutique
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Georgian:
ელექტრონული კომერცია
(elekṭronuli ḳomercia)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
German:
elektronischer Handel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
German:
Internethandel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
German:
Online-Handel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Hungarian:
e-kereskedelem
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Icelandic:
netverslun
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Icelandic:
vefverslun
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Indonesian:
perdagangan elektronik
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Irish:
ríomhthráchtáil
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Italian:
e-commerce
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Italian:
commercio elettronico
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Italian:
telecommercio
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Japanese:
電子商取引
(denshi-shō-torihiki)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Japanese:
イーコマース
(īkomāsu)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Japanese:
eコマース
(e-komāsu)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Korean:
전자 상업
(jeonja sang'eop)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Korean:
e상업
(e-sang'eop)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Norwegian Bokmål:
netthandel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
netthandel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Polish:
handel elektroniczny
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Polish:
handel internetowy
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Portuguese:
comércio eletrónico
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Portuguese:
comércio eletrônico
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Punjabi:
ਈ-ਕਾਮਰਸ
(ī-kāmras)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Russian:
электро́нная комме́рция
(elektrónnaja kommércija)
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Spanish:
comercio electrónico
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Spanish:
e-commerce
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Swedish:
näthandel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Swedish:
e-handel
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Turkish:
e-ticaret
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
Vietnamese:
thương mại điện tử
— commercial activity conducted via the Internet
