commination, n.f., (rhet.) commination.
comminatoire, adj., (jur.) comminatory.
comminuti-f, -ve, adj., comminutive.
comminution, n.f., comminution.
commis, -e, part., committed, appointed, entrusted, exposed; (nav.) laid.
commis, n.m., clerk; book-keeper; shopman. Premier —; head clerk. — marchand; merchant’s clerk. — voyageur; commercial traveler, bagman. — aux vivres; (nav.) steward. — d’administration; accountant. — de boutique, de magasin; shopman, counter jumper.
commise, n.f., (feudal jur.) forfeit, escheat; female-clerk, counterwoman.
commisération (kom-mi-), n.f., commiseration.
commissaire, n.m., commissary; commissioner; manager; trustee; (of a vessel) purser. — des guerres; commissary. — des vivres; commissary of stores. — adjoint; deputy commissioner. — des pauvres; member of a charitable board. — aux saisies réelles; sequestrator. — de police; superintendent of police. — priseur; (—s —s) auctioneer, appraiser.
commissariat, n.m., commissaryship, trusteeship; (milit.) commissariat.