commandant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French commandant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒməndænt/, /kɒmənˈdænt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/, /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/

Noun

commandant (plural commandants)

1. A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

Translations

a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division

• Bulgarian: командир (bg) m (komandir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: komendantti (fi)
• French: commandant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: comandante (it) m
• Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
• Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), коменда́нт (ru) m (komendánt)
• Spanish: comandante (es) m

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Dutch

Etymology

From French commandant.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: com‧man‧dant

Noun

commandant m or f (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)

1. commander

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French

Etymology

Present participle of commander.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/

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• Homophone: commandants

Noun

commandant m (plural commandants)

1. commander (function)
2. major (rank)

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) commandant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of commandō

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)

1. (Jersey) commanding officer