Synonyms for commode
| 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
- 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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