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noncommercial

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: N AA1 N K AH0 M ER1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not engaged in commerce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a noncommercial organization

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A noncommercial trader.

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

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: commercial

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- 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 English noncommercial From non- + commercial.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ei-kaupallinen — not engaged in commerce
  • German: unkommerziell — not engaged in commerce
  • Kazakh: бейкоммерциялық (beikommersiälyq) — not engaged in commerce
  • Russian: некомме́рческий (nekommérčeskij) — not engaged in commerce