officier
Dutch
Officier van de Belgische Zeemacht met drie officierskruisen
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses
Etymology
From Middle Dutch officier (“official”), from Old French officier, from Latin officiārius. The sense “overseer” was borrowed from English overseer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsir/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cier
Noun
officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)
- officer
- (Surinam, historical) plantation overseer
- (obsolete) official
Derived terms
- artillerie-officier
- beroepsofficier
- dekofficier
- gardeofficier
- genie-officier
- grootofficier
- hoofdofficier
- hulpofficier
- marineofficier
- officierschap
- officiersclub
- officiersjas
- officierskind
- officierskorps
- officierslaars
- officiersmess
- officiersopleiding
- officiersplaats
- officiersrang
- officierstafel
- officierstenue
- officiersuniform
- officiersvrouw
- officiersweduwe
- officierszoon
- officier van justitie
- onderofficier
- opperofficier
- politieofficier
- regimentsofficier
- reserveofficier
- scheepsofficier
- stafofficier
- veldofficier
- verbindingsofficier
- vlagofficier
- wachtofficier
- zaaksofficier
- zeeofficier
Descendants
- Afrikaans: offisier
- → Indonesian: opsir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.fi.sje/
audio (un officier) (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiō (infinitive officiāre).
Verb
officier
- to officiate
Conjugation
Conjugation of officier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | officier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | officiant /ɔ.fi.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | officié /ɔ.fi.sje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ | officies /ɔ.fi.si/ | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ | officions /ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/ | officiez /ɔ.fi.sje/ | officient /ɔ.fi.si/ |
| imperfect | officiais /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ | officiais /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ | officiait /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ | officiions /ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/ | officiiez /ɔ.fi.si.je/ | officiaient /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | officiai /ɔ.fi.sje/ | officias /ɔ.fi.sja/ | officia /ɔ.fi.sja/ | officiâmes /ɔ.fi.sjam/ | officiâtes /ɔ.fi.sjat/ | officièrent /ɔ.fi.sjɛʁ/ | |
| future | officierai /ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/ | officieras /ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/ | officiera /ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/ | officierons /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/ | officierez /ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/ | officieront /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | officierais /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ | officierais /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ | officierait /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ | officierions /ɔ.fi.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | officieriez /ɔ.fi.si.ʁje/ | officieraient /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ | officies /ɔ.fi.si/ | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ | officiions /ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/ | officiiez /ɔ.fi.si.je/ | officient /ɔ.fi.si/ |
| imperfect2 | officiasse /ɔ.fi.sjas/ | officiasses /ɔ.fi.sjas/ | officiât /ɔ.fi.sja/ | officiassions /ɔ.fi.sja.sjɔ̃/ | officiassiez /ɔ.fi.sja.sje/ | officiassent /ɔ.fi.sjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ | — | officions /ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/ | officiez /ɔ.fi.sje/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiārius.
Noun
officier m (plural officiers, feminine officière)
- officer
Derived terms
- sous-officier
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser
Further reading
- “officier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
officier
- Alternative form of officer
Old French
Alternative forms
- officer (more common)
Etymology
From Latin officiārius; equivalent to office + -ier.
Noun
officier m (oblique plural officiers, nominative singular officiers, nominative plural officier)
- officer
Descendants
- → Middle English: officer, offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficer
- English: officer
- Scots: offisher
- French: officier
- → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser
- → Middle Dutch: officier, offichier
- Dutch: officier
- Norman: officyi
References
- officier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub