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See also: Commander
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. See command.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈmændɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈmɑːndə/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /kəˈmandə/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
commander (plural commanders)
- One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- 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.
- One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
- A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
- (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
- A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
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commander in an honorary order
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French comander, from Vulgar Latin *commandāre, from Latin commendāre, present active infinitive of commendō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
- Homophones: commandai, commandé, commandée, commandées, commandés, commandez
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
commander
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of commander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | commander | |||||
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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 | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Romanian: comanda
Further reading[edit]
- “commander”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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