commis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French commis. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmi/, /ˈkɒmɪs/, /kəˈmi/ Homophone: commie (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈmi/ === Noun === commis (plural commis) (chiefly in combination) An assistant to a chef. Coordinate terms: sous-chef, subchef, underchef, subcook, undercook, chef de partie, station chef, line cook (obsolete) A deputy or clerk of a foreign official. === Anagrams === SimCom, momics, sim-com == French == === Etymology === From the past tense of commettre === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.mi/ === Adjective === commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises) commercial === Noun === commis m (invariable, feminine commise) clerk shop assistant; salesclerk ==== Related terms ==== grand commis === Verb === commis first/second-person singular past historic of commettre === Participle === commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises) past participle of commettre === Participle === commis m pl masculine plural of commi === Further reading === “commis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Alternative forms === gummis cummi gummi commi === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.mɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔm.mis] === Noun === commis f (genitive commis or commeos); third declension alternative form of cummis (“gum”) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī). === References === “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cummi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.