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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-mohd
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmoʊd


Définition of commode

Origin :
  • 1786, "chest of drawers," earlier (1680s) name of a type of fashionable ladies' headdress, from French commode, noun use of adjective meaning "convenient, suitable," from Latin commodus "proper, fit, appropriate, convenient, satisfactory," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "chair housing a chamber pot" first attested 1851 from notion of "convenience."
  • noun toilet
Example sentences :
  • Again the old woman began to bustle about, and to open the drawers of her commode.
  • Extract from : « A Nobleman's Nest » by Ivan Turgenieff
  • The imperial N may be seen on the corners of the console tables and on the commode.
  • Extract from : « The Old Furniture Book » by N. Hudson Moore
  • They visited my room, and searched my commode and my trunks.
  • Extract from : « A Chambermaid's Diary » by Octave Mirbeau
  • In a drawer of this commode yellow soap and a comb and brush.
  • Extract from : « It Is Never Too Late to Mend » by Charles Reade
  • The commode is decorated with gilt ornaments worth a thousand pistoles.
  • Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
  • We can see her commode, her top-not, and her fontage, for she wears no rayonné.
  • Extract from : « English Costume » by Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • She caught sight of herself in an old mirror, which stood upon a commode.
  • Extract from : « The Man and the Moment » by Elinor Glyn
  • He climbed upon the commode, put his eye to the crevice, and looked.
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • He descended from the commode as softly as possible, taking care not to make the least noise.
  • Extract from : « Les Misrables » by Victor Hugo
  • The commode was her especial pride; it was so dignified and stately.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

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