different between immense vs commodious

English

Etymology

From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)

1. Huge, gigantic, very large.
2. (colloquial) Supremely good.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• immensely
• immensity

Translations

Noun

immense (plural immenses)

1. (poetic) immense extent or expanse; immensity
   • 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:

     The half of Asia is my prison-house,
     Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
     I look with terror to my crowning day.

Anagrams

• Eminems

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immense

1. Inflected form of immens

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imm?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(m).m??s/

Adjective

immense (plural immenses)

1. immense, huge

Related terms

• immensément
• immensifier
• immensité

Further reading

• “immense” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

immense f pl

1. feminine plural of immenso

Latin

Adjective

imm?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?nsus

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman commodious, and its source, Renaissance Latin commodiosus, irregularly from Latin commodus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??d??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??mo?di.?s/
• Rhymes: -??di?s

Adjective

commodious (comparative more commodious, superlative most commodious)

1. (obsolete) Advantageous; profitable. [15th–20th c.]
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 9:

     A little after Zeluco came of age, the aunt fixed her eyes on him as a commodious match for her niece.

2. Comfortable, free from hardship. [from 16th c.]
3. Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: convenient, comfortable, spacious
4. Convenient, useful; serviceable. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: advantageous, fit, proper, serviceable, suitable, useful

Derived terms

• commodiously

Translations

References

• commodious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.