commando

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando (“command”), from Late Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəˈmæn.dəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /k@"m{n.d@U/
• Rhymes: -ændəʊ

Noun

Wikipedia commando (plural commandos)

1. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 89:

     The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture [...].

2. A commando trooper
3. (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops

Derived terms

• go commando

Translations

small fighting force

• Finnish: sissipartio (fi)

• Greek: δύναμη καταδρομών (el) (dýnami katadromón) f
• Swedish: kommandostyrka (sv) c

commando trooper

• Finnish: sissi (fi)

• Greek: καταδρομέας (el) (katadroméas) m
• Swedish: kommandosoldat (sv) c

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ando

Noun

commando m (plural commandi)

1. commando (troop)

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Latin

Verb

present active commandō, present infinitive commandere, perfect active commandī, supine commansum.

1. I chew

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commandō	commandis	commandit	commandimus	commanditis	commandunt
	future	commandam	commandēs	commandet	commandēmus	commandētis	commandent
	imperfect	commandēbam	commandēbās	commandēbat	commandēbāmus	commandēbātis	commandēbant
	perfect	commandī	commandistī	commandit	commandimus	commandistis	commandērunt
	future perfect	commanderō	commanderis	commanderit	commanderimus	commanderitis	commanderint
	pluperfect	commanderam	commanderās	commanderat	commanderāmus	commanderātis	commanderant
passive	present	commandor	commanderis	commanditur	commandimur	commandiminī	commanduntur
	future	commandar	commandēris	commandētur	commandēmur	commandēminī	commandentur
	imperfect	commandēbar	commandēbāris	commandēbātur	commandēbāmur	commandēbāminī	commandēbantur
	perfect	Use commansus m, commansa f, commansum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use commansus m, commansa f, commansum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use commansus m, commansa f, commansum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	commandam	commandās	commandat	commandāmus	commandātis	commandant
	imperfect	commanderem	commanderēs	commanderet	commanderēmus	commanderētis	commanderent
	perfect	commanderim	commanderīs	commanderit	commanderīmus	commanderītis	commanderint
	pluperfect	commandissem	commandissēs	commandisset	commandissēmus	commandissētis	commandissent
passive	present	commandar	commandāris	commandātur	commandāmur	commandāminī	commandantur
	imperfect	commanderer	commanderēris	commanderētur	commanderēmur	commanderēminī	commanderentur
	perfect	Use commansus m, commansa f, commansum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use commansus m, commansa f, commansum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	commande	commanditō	commanditō	commandere	commanditor	commanditor
	plural	commandite	commanditōte	commanduntō	commandiminī	—	commanduntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		commandere	commandisse	commansūrus esse	commandī	commansus esse	commansum īrī
participles		commandēns (commandentis)	—	commansūrus-ra, -rum	—	commansus-a, -um	commandendus-nda, -ndum