commodious

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English commodious (“convenient, advantageous”), from Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, directly from Medieval Latin commodiosus (“convenient, useful”), irregularly from Latin commodus (“suitable, fit, convenient”), from com- + modus (“measure, manner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Analyzable as commode (“to provide with an appropriate or necessary thing; to suit”) +‎ -ious. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈməʊdɪ.əs/ (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈmoʊdi.əs/ Rhymes: -əʊdiəs === Adjective === commodious (comparative more commodious, superlative most commodious) Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: spacious, capacious, ample, (uncommon) commonious (archaic) Convenient, serviceable, suitable. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: becoming, fit, proper, handy, useful (now rare) Advantageous, profitable, beneficial. [from 15th c.] (now rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.] (obsolete) Of a person, accommodating, obliging, helpful. ==== Antonyms ==== incommodious ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “commodious (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “commodious, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. === Further reading === “commodious, a.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “commodious, a.”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1132, column 2. John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “commodious, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === commodose, commodiouse, comodious, comodiouse, comodiose === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman commodious, Old French commodieux, from Medieval Latin commodiosus, based on Latin commodus. === Adjective === commodious fertile convenient, advantageous pleasant, affable === References === “commodiǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Adjective === commodious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular commodiouse) Anglo-Norman form of commodieux (“advantageous”) === References === commodious on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub