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commode

  (kə-mōd') pronunciation
n.
  1. A low cabinet or chest of drawers, often elaborately decorated and usually standing on legs or short feet.
    1. A movable stand or cupboard containing a washbowl.
    2. A chair enclosing a chamber pot.
    3. A toilet.
  3. A woman's ornate headdress, fashionable around 1700.

[French, from commode, convenient, from Latin commodus. See commodious.]


 
 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: commode

Piece of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, used in France from the late 17th century. Most had marble tops, and some were fitted with pairs of doors. André-Charles Boulle was among the first to make commodes, which were heavy in form and elaborately decorated in marquetry veneers and ormolu. In the Louis XV period (1715 – 74), extravagant curves and flamboyant surface ornament became fashionable. The 19th-century commode lost its decorative features and became purely functional.

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Wikipedia: commode

A Commode is any of several pieces of furniture.

The English word commode comes from French roots meaning "convenient" or "suitable".

Originally, in furniture it meant a cabinet, with one or more doors, that served as a washstand with a washbasin and water pitcher, and that also offered an enclosed area below for storing a chamberpot. Convenience cabinets called commodes often furnished middle-class bedrooms before the days of indoor plumbing.

In modern English use, the term has become a euphemism meaning toilet, usually a lavatory appliance made of porcelain, or a metal chair with a built-in chamber pot often used in nursing homes.

In contemporary French, however, la commode, like the German die Kommode, means a low chest of drawers on stubby legs. This current meaning of the French word applies especially to chests in the French style.

See also: Nightstand


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Translations: Translations for: Commode

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kommode, servante, pottestol, chiffonniere

Nederlands (Dutch)
ladekast, nachtkastje, stoel met po

Français (French)
n. - commode, chaise percée, (US) toilettes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kommode, Nachtstuhl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κομό, σιφονιέρα, κινητός νιπτήρας ή τουαλέτα

Italiano (Italian)
comò

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cômoda (f), aparelho (m) sanitário

Русский (Russian)
комод, ночной стульчак

Español (Spanish)
n. - cómoda, silla con orinal, silla retrete

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - liten byrå, nattstol, kommod

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
衣柜, 洗脸台, 橱, 室内便器

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 衣櫃, 洗臉台, 櫥, 室內便器

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 찬장, 변기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 整理だんす, 室内便器, コモード

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خزانه صغيرة ذات أدراج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שידה, ארונית, ארון‬

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