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Commence means the same thing in French as it does in English, it means "Begin"
on commence
You would say "La classe de français commence" in French.
English 'begins' is 'commence' in French.
to start, to commence
The French word commencer means to begin.
French "je commence à vous (verb)" means "I am starting to (verb) you".
commence (pronounced co-mons)
leçon 3 commence is the phrase in french language. The translation is lesson 3 starts.
commence is neither feminine nor masculine in French. "Commencer" is a verb (= to start) and verbs have no gender.
The opposite of commence is desist, so in French that would be "Cesser".
Commence. But a lot depends on the context.