Commercial

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: kʰəˈmɜːʃəɫ
• GenAm IPA: kʰəˈmɚʃəɫ

Origin

commerce + -ial. From French commercial ("of, or pertaining to commerce").

Full definition of commercial

Noun

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

Hyponyms

• infomercial

Hypernyms

• advertisement

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to commerce.
• 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, , Chapter I,A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.

Related terms

• commerce
• commercialize
• precommercial