commissariat
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French commissariat.
Noun
commissariat (plural commissariats)
- A supply of food.
- The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
- (historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
- A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Translations
a department of the government of the Soviet Union
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
commissariat m (plural commissariats)
Synonyms
(police station): commissariat de police, poste, (slang) comico
Further reading
- “commissariat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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