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Commuter
Com-mut′er
(kŏm-mū′tẽr)
, Noun.
One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.
Definition 2025
commuter
commuter
English
Noun
commuter (plural commuters)
- A person who regularly travels from one place to another, typically to work.
- (US, informal) A piece of transportation equipment used for the transportation of such persons.
- He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week.
Translations
a person who regularly travels to work
Adjective
commuter (not comparable)
See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
commuter
- (mathematics) to commute
- (electronics) to switch
Conjugation
Conjugation of commuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | commuter | avoir commuté | |||||
| gerund | en commutant | en ayant commuté | |||||
| present participle | commutant /kɔ.my.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | commuté /kɔ.my.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutes /kɔ.myt/ |
commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutons /kɔ.my.tɔ̃/ |
commutez /kɔ.my.te/ |
commutent /kɔ.myt/ |
| imperfect | commutais /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutais /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutait /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
commutions /kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/ |
commutiez /kɔ.my.tje/ |
commutaient /kɔ.my.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | commutai /kɔ.my.te/ |
commutas /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commuta /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commutâmes /kɔ.my.tam/ |
commutâtes /kɔ.my.tat/ |
commutèrent /kɔ.my.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | commuterai /kɔ.my.tʁe/ |
commuteras /kɔ.my.tʁa/ |
commutera /kɔ.my.tʁa/ |
commuterons /kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/ |
commuterez /kɔ.my.tʁe/ |
commuteront /kɔ.my.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | commuterais /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterais /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterait /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
commuterions /kɔ.my.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
commuteriez /kɔ.my.tə.ʁje/ |
commuteraient /kɔ.my.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutes /kɔ.myt/ |
commute /kɔ.myt/ |
commutions /kɔ.my.tjɔ̃/ |
commutiez /kɔ.my.tje/ |
commutent /kɔ.myt/ |
| imperfect1 |
commutasse /kɔ.my.tas/ |
commutasses /kɔ.my.tas/ |
commutât /kɔ.my.ta/ |
commutassions /kɔ.my.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
commutassiez /kɔ.my.ta.sje/ |
commutassent /kɔ.my.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | commute /kɔ.myt/ |
— | commutons /kɔ.my.tɔ̃/ |
commutez /kɔ.my.te/ |
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