commandant
See also: Commandant
English
Etymology
From French commandant.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɒməndænt/, /kɒmənˈdænt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/, /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/
Noun
commandant (plural commandants)
- A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
Translations
a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French commandant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.mɑnˈdɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: com‧man‧dant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)
- commander
Derived terms
- commandantschip
- hoofdcommandant
- legercommandant
Related terms
- commanderen
- commando
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kommandant
- → Indonesian: komandan
- → Min Nan: 公勃壟 (kong-pu̍t-lóng)
- → West Frisian: kommandant
French
Etymology
Present participle of commander.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
audio (file) - Homophone: commandants
Noun
commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)
- commander (function)
- major (rank)
Descendants
- → English: commandant
- → German: Kommandant
- → Dutch: commandant
- Afrikaans: kommandant
- → Indonesian: komandan
- → Min Nan: 公勃壟 (kong-pu̍t-lóng)
- → West Frisian: kommandant
- → Hindi: कमांडेंट (kamāṇḍeṇṭ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان (kumandan)
- Turkish: kumandan
- → Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān)
- → Russian: коменда́нт (komendánt)
Further reading
- “commandant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
commandant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of commandō
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)
- (Jersey) commanding officer