different between comice vs committee

English

Etymology

French (Doyenne du) Comice, (Dean of the) Show, from comice (agricole), (agricultural) show, from Old French, convention, from Latin comitia.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mis/

Noun

comice (plural comices)

1. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.

Latin

Adjective

c?mice

1. vocative masculine singular of c?micus

References

• comice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• comice in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• comice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• cttee (contraction)
• cmte (contraction)

Etymology

From commit +? -ee, else revival of Anglo-Norman commite, past participle of commettre (“to commit”), from Latin committere, from con- (“with”) + mittere (“to send”). The OED3 prefers the first etymology.

Pronunciation

group of persons

• enPR: k?-m?t??, IPA^(key): [k??m?t.i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

person in charge of another

• (UK) IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• (US) enPR: käm-?-t??, IPA^(key): [k?m??ti?]
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

committee (plural committees)

1. A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
2. (archaic) A guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.

Hyponyms

• program committee

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? French: comité (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Further reading

• committee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia