Commode

Definition: Commode

Commode

Noun

1. A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination.

2. A tall elegant chest of drawers.

Date "commode" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Etymology: Commode \Com*mode"\, noun. [French expression commode, from commode convenient, from Latin expression commodus; com- modus measure, mode. See Mode.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	COMMODE. A woman's head dress. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Commode

Synonyms: can (n), chiffonier (n), crapper (n), pot (n), potty (n), stool (n), throne (n), toilet (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Commode

English words defined with "commode": Earth closet. (references)

Specialty definitions using "commode": RUM TOPPING. (references)

Etymologies containing "commode": Commodious, Commodity. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Commode" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (chest, dresser), French (bureau, chest, chest of drawers, commode, convenient, dresser, handy, opportune, serviceable, tallboy).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Where's the commode in this dungeon? (Reservoir Dogs; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	La religion romaine de l'époque de Caton l'Ancien au règne de l'empereur Commode (reference) Les tiroirs de la commode : roman (reference) L'étude des lettres : principes pour sa juste et bonne institution = De studio literarum recte et commode instituendo (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Medicine - Military - Equipment : Food, mess and commode set chests. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		The Hardwick Victory Store is back in operation and scenes like this are again being witnessed daily. This picture shows a typical transaction of business: Raymond Duby, in buggy, buying a commode. George Slayton and Guy Larabee lend a hand loading the fu. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick C. Stout, residence on Glenn Ave., Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Living room commode. Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. Charles Henry Fallasse, Andely, residence in Cross River, New York. Living room, to commode. Credit: Library of Congress.
	John Adams, residence in Quincy, Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams' commode. Credit: Library of Congress.		Franklin Pierce, residence at 52 S. Main St., Concord, New Hampshire. Commode through bedposts. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Questers antique shop. Commode and group of antiques. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Some people use a bed pan or a bedside chair urinal (YOOR-uh-nul) or commode. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Commode" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.52% of the time. "Commode" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	95.52%	64	42,009
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.48%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	67	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "commode"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		komo (dresser, highboy, tallboy), karrige e çarë për oturak. (various references)

Arabic		‏صوان (cupboard, flint, granite, pavilion). (various references)

Bulgarian		шкаф (bureau, closet), нощно гърне (chamber pot, piss-pot, pot), нисък скрин, подвижен умивалник. (various references)

Chinese		馬子 . (various references)

Czech		prádelník (bureau, dresser, linen cupboard). (various references)

Danish		indstigningshaandgreb (commode handle). (various references)

Dutch		instaphandgreep (commode handle). (various references)

Farsi		چارپایه زیرمستراح دستی , کمد (Dresser), گنجه کشودار, رختان , رختدان . (various references)

French		commode (convenient). (various references)

German		kommode (bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser, highboy, tallboy). (various references)

Greek		κομό (cabinet, chest, chiffonier), κομοδίνο (bedside table). (various references)

Hungarian		szobaűrszék (stole), sublót (bureau, bureaux), magas főkötő, komód (bureau, chest of drawers, dresser). (various references)

Indonesian		lemari berlaci. (various references)

Italian		cassettone (caisson, coffer, dresser, lacunar, panel). (various references)

Manx		coyr phremmee, caair phremmee. (various references)

Pig Latin		ommodecay

Portuguese		cadeira (professorate, professoriate, professorship, seat, stall, subject), cómoda (bureau, chest, chiffonier), pequeno guarda-roupa. (various references)

Romanian		comodã (chest), scrin (chest), scaun (chair, movement, pew, seat, stool). (various references)

Russian		комод (chest of drawers, dresser). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		komoda (dresser). (various references)

Spanish		cómoda (bureau, dresser). (various references)

Swedish		nattstol, liten byrå, kommod (washstand). (various references)

Turkish		oturaklı iskemle, komodin, şifoniyer (chest of drawers, chiffonier, dresser), çekmeceli dolap (bureau, chest of drawers, drawer). (various references)

Ukrainian		стільчак (stool), комод (cabinet), пересувний умивальник. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	commodus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "commode": commodes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "commode": discommode, incommode. (additional references)
	Words containing "commode": discommoded, discommodes, incommoded, incommodes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Commode" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: camoed, Commadagh, commdr, Commedagh, commod, commodo, commone, comod, comode, comodo, Comore, comroe, Cormode, Cronmore, Cumidge, Koummoue, onimode. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "commode" (pronounced kumō"d)
3	-m ō" d	mode, mowed, outmode.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-m-m-o-o"
	-1 letter: comedo.
	-2 letters: cooed, modem, mooed.
	-3 letters: code, coed, come, deco, demo, dome, doom, memo, mode, mome, mood.
	-4 letters: cod, coo, doc, doe, dom, med, mem, moc, mod, mom, moo, ode.
	-5 letters: de, do, ed, em, me, mm, mo, od, oe, om.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-m-m-o-o"
	+1 letter: commodes, commoved.
	+2 letters: commodore, incommode.
	+3 letters: commandoes, commodores, discommode, incommoded, incommodes.
	+4 letters: accommodate, commodified, commodifies, commodities, compromised, computerdom, discommoded, discommodes, micromethod.
	+5 letters: accommodated, accommodates, commemorated, commendation, commendatory, commissioned, computerdoms, decommission, micromethods, noncommitted.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
commode	72
commode chair	16
bedside commode	10
antique commode	8
commode mal	8
commode seat	7
shower and commode chair	5
commode end table	5
commode repair	4
commode la	3
commode french	3
commode foto luiers op	3
portable commode	3
commode furniture	2
commode flush valve	2
commode running	2
folding commode	2
3 in 1 commode	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commode

Definition: Commode

Commode

Noun

Specialty Definition: Commode

Synonyms: Commode

Synonyms within Context: Commode

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Crosswords: Commode

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