commander

commander

See also: Commander

English

Etymology

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmændɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɑːndə/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /kəˈmandə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

commander (plural commanders)

1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
2. A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 962368035, PC, scene: Earth:

     Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
     Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander.

3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
4. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
5. (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
6. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
7. A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.

Derived terms

• arch-commander
• co-commander
• commander in chief
• commander-in-chief
• commanderless
• commanderlike
• commanderly
• tactical air commander
• wing commander

 

Translations

one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization

Albanian: komandant (sq) m Arabic: آمِر‎ m (ʾāmir), مُقَدَّم‎ (ar) m (muqaddam), قَائِد‎ m (qāʾid), قُمَنْدَان‎ m (qumandān) Armenian: հրամանատար (hy) (hramanatar) Azerbaijani: komandir, komandan Belarusian: камандзі́р m (kamandzír), каманды́р m (kamandýr), ваенача́льнік m (vajenačálʹnik), палкаво́дзец m (palkavódzjec), кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies) Bulgarian: команди́р (bg) m (komandír) Catalan: comandant (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 司令 (zh) (sīlìng), 司令官 (zh) (sīlìngguān), 指揮官／指挥官 (zh) (zhǐhuīguān) Czech: velitel (cs) m Danish: befalingsmand c Dutch: commandant (nl) m Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: ülem Finnish: komentaja (fi) French: commandant (fr) m, commandante (fr) f Georgian: ზორვარი (zorvari), მეთაური (metauri) German: Befehlshaber (de) m, Kommandant (de) m, Kommandeur (de) m, Kommandör m Greek: διοικητής (el) m (dioikitís), αρχηγός (el) m (archigós) Guaraní: mburuvicha Hebrew: מְפַקֵּד‎ (he) m (m'fakéd), מְפַקֶּדֶת‎ f (mefakedet) Hindi: कमांडर (hi) m (kamāṇḍar), कमान अफसर m (kamān aphsar), सेनापति (hi) m (senāpti), सेनानायक (hi) m (senānāyak), सालार (hi) m (sālār), सलार (hi) m (salār), सालारजंग (hi) m (sālārjaṅg), सिपहसालार (hi) m (sipahsālār) Hungarian: parancsnok (hu) Indonesian: panglima (id), komandan (id) Irish: ceannasaí m Italian: comandante (it) m Japanese: 司令 (ja) (しれい, shirei), 司令官 (ja) (しれいかん, shireikan), 指揮官 (しきかん, shikikan) Kazakh: кәмәндір (kämändır), командир (komandir) Korean: 사령(司令) (ko) (saryeong), 사령관(司令官) (ko) (saryeonggwan), 지휘관(指揮官) (ko) (jihwigwan) Kyrgyz: командир (komandir), саркер (ky) (sarker), сардар (ky) (sardar) Latin: imperātor (la) m Latvian: komandieris m Lithuanian: vadas (lt) m Macedonian: команда́нт m (komandánt), запо́ведник m (zapóvednik), команди́р m (komandír), нара́чател m (naráčatel) (not very common) Malay: komander Maori: toihau, kaiwhakahau Middle English: capitain, governour Mongolian: Cyrillic: командлагч (mn) (komandlagč), жанжин (mn) (žanžin), дарга (mn) (darga) Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (khomandlaɣči), ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (ǰaŋǰun), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (daruɣ'a) Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh Norwegian: Bokmål: kommandant m, befalingsmand m Nynorsk: kommandant m Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان‎ (kumandan) Persian: فرمانده‎ (fa) (farmândeh), امیر‎ (fa) (amir) Polish: dowódca (pl) m Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān) Romanian: comandant (ro) m Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), военача́льник (ru) m (vojenačálʹnik), полково́дец (ru) m (polkovódec), комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies) Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: заповѐднӣк m, заповјѐднӣк m, кома̀ндант m Roman: zapovèdnīk (sh) m, zapovjèdnīk (sh) m, komàndant (sh) m Slovak: veliteľ m Slovene: poveljnik m, komandant m Spanish: comandante (es) m Swahili: kamanda (sw) Swedish: befälhavare (sv) c Tajik: фармондеҳ (tg) (farmondeh), амир (amir) Turkish: komutan (tr), kumandan (tr) Turkmen: komandir Ukrainian: команди́р m (komandýr), воєнача́льник m (vojenačálʹnyk), полково́дець m (polkovódecʹ), кома́ндувач m (kománduvač), кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies) Uyghur: كوماندىر‎ (komandir), قوماندان‎ (qomandan) Uzbek: komandir (uz), qoʻmondon (uz) Vietnamese: người chỉ huy (vi), tư lệnh (vi) Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר‎ m (komandir)

a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain

Belarusian: кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies) Bulgarian: капита́н тре́ти ранг m (kapitán tréti rang) Czech: fregatní kapitán m, komandér m Finnish: komentaja (fi), komentajakapteeni (fi) Greek: αντιπλοίαρχος (el) m (antiploíarchos) Indonesian: mayor (id) Irish: ceannasaí m Norwegian: Bokmål: kommandør m Russian: комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies), капита́н тре́тьего ра́нга (ru) m (kapitán trétʹjevo ránga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кома̀ндант m Roman: komàndant (sh) m Slovene: komandant m Ukrainian: кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies)

one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons

Bulgarian: нача́лник (bg) m (načálnik) Czech: velitel (cs) m Dutch: aanvoerder (nl) m, gezagvoerderm Estonian: ülem Finnish: johtaja (fi), päällikkö (fi) Greek: Ancient: κοίρανος m (koíranos) Guaraní: mburuvicha Hindi: सरदार (hi) m (sardār) Indonesian: komandan (id) Latin: ductor (la) m, praepositus m Manx: anneyder m Maori: toihau Middle English: comaundour Mongolian: Cyrillic: дарга (mn) (darga) Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), нача́льник (ru) m (načálʹnik) Sanskrit: अधिप (sa) m (adhipa) Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m Spanish: comandante (es) m Tocharian B: tāś

commander in an honorary order

French: commandeur (fr) m Norwegian: Bokmål: kommandør m Nynorsk: kommandør m

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French

Etymology

From Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
• Homophones: commandai, commandé, commandée, commandées, commandés, commandez

• Audio

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Verb

commander

1. to order (tell someone to do something)
2. to order (ask for a product)

Conjugation

Conjugation of commander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	commander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	commandant /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		commandé /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	commande /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commandes /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commande /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commandons /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	commandez /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	commandent /kɔ.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect	commandais /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	commandais /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	commandait /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	commandions /kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	commandiez /kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/	commandaient /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	commandai /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	commandas /kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	commanda /kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	commandâmes /kɔ.mɑ̃.dam/	commandâtes /kɔ.mɑ̃.dat/	commandèrent /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	commanderai /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/	commanderas /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/	commandera /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/	commanderons /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	commanderez /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/	commanderont /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	commanderais /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	commanderais /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	commanderait /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	commanderions /kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	commanderiez /kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/	commanderaient /kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	commande /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commandes /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commande /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	commandions /kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	commandiez /kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/	commandent /kɔ.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	commandasse /kɔ.mɑ̃.das/	commandasses /kɔ.mɑ̃.das/	commandât /kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	commandassions /kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	commandassiez /kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sje/	commandassent /kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	commande /kɔ.mɑ̃d/	—	commandons /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	commandez /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• commandeur
• commandement

Related terms

• commande

Descendants

• → Romanian: comanda

Further reading

• “commander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.