Meaning

4 senses
  1. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

    She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal.

    Werbung, Werbespot

    рекла́маrekláma

    рекла́маrekláma

    a commercially sponsored ad on radio or television

  2. A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.

  3. (slang)A male prostitute.

  4. (obsolete)A commercial traveller.

Examples

153 sentences
  1. I love that commercial.

    Обожнюю цю рекламу.

    ruОбожаю эту рекламу.

    deIch liebe diese Werbung!

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  2. Tom is a commercial airline pilot.

    Том — пілот комерційних авіаліній.

    ruТом - пилот коммерческих авиалиний.

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  3. We'll be back after this commercial.

    ruМы вернёмся после рекламы.

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  4. We'll be back right after this commercial.

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  5. We're going to take a short commercial break.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
advertisement in a common media format:
Русский
By meaning 1
advertisement in a common media format:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
advertisement in a common media format:

Origin

From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, fr

From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial.

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Forms

plural: commercials
Singularcommercial
Pluralcommercials

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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