commencé

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.se/ === Participle === commencé (feminine commencée, masculine plural commencés, feminine plural commencées) past participle of commencer == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French commencer (“to begin”). Compare Louisiana Creole commencé. === Verb === commencé (Saint-Domingue) to begin ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: kòmanse === References === S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[1] (in French), Paris == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French commencer (“to commence”). Compare Saint Dominican Creole French commencé, Haitian Creole kòmanse. === Verb === commencé to begin, commence === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales