commander

See also: Commander

English

Etymology

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmændɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɑːndə/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /kəˈmandə/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

commander (plural commanders)

1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
2. 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.

3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
4. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
5. (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
6. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
7. A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.

Derived terms

• commanderless
• commanderlike
• commanderly

Translations

one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization

• Albanian: komandant (sq) m
• Arabic: آمِر‎ m (ʾāmir), مُقَدَّم‎ (ar) m (muqaddam), قَائِد‎ m (qāʾid), قُمَنْدَان‎ m (qumandān)
• Armenian: հրամանատար (hy) (hramanatar)
• Azerbaijani: komandir, komandan
• Belarusian: камандзі́р m (kamandzír), каманды́р m (kamandýr), ваенача́льнік m (vajenačálʹnik), палкаво́дзец m (palkavódzjec), кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies)
• Bulgarian: команди́р (bg) m (komandír)
• Catalan: comandant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司令 (zh) (sīlìng), 司令官 (zh) (sīlìngguān), 指揮官 (zh), 指挥官 (zh) (zhǐhuīguān)

• Czech: velitel (cs) m
• Danish: befalingsmand c
• Dutch: commandant (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: ülem
• Finnish: komentaja (fi)
• French: commandant (fr) m, commandante (fr) f
• Georgian: ზორვარი (zorvari), მეთაური (metauri)
• German: Befehlshaber (de) m, Kommandant (de) m, Kommandeur (de) m, Kommandör m
• Greek: διοικητής (el) m (dioikitís), αρχηγός (el) m (archigós)
• Hebrew: מְפַקֵּד‎ (he) m (m'fakéd), מְפַקֶּדֶת‎ f (mefakedet)
• Hindi: कमांडर (hi) m (kamāṇḍar), कमान अफसर m (kamān aphsar), सेनापति (hi) m (senāpti), सेनानायक (hi) m (senānāyak), सालार (hi) m (sālār), सलार (hi) m (salār), सालारजंग (hi) m (sālārjaṅg), सिपहसालार (hi) m (sipahsālār)
• Hungarian: parancsnok (hu)
• Indonesian: panglima (id), komandan (id)
• Irish: ceannasaí m
• Italian: comandante (it) m
• Japanese: 司令 (ja) (しれい, shirei), 司令官 (ja) (しれいかん, shireikan), 指揮官 (しきかん, shikikan)
• Kazakh: кәмәндір (kämändir), командир (komandïr)
• Korean: 사령(司令) (ko) (saryeong), 사령관(司令官) (ko) (saryeonggwan), 지휘관(指揮官) (ko) (jihwigwan)
• Kyrgyz: командир (qomandir), саркер (ky) (sarker), сардар (ky) (sardar)
• Latin: imperātor (la) m
• Latvian: komandieris m
• Lithuanian: vadas (lt) m
• Macedonian: команда́нт m (komandánt), заповедник m (zapovednik)

• Malay: komander
• Maori: toihau, kaiwhakahau
• Middle English: capitain, governour
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: командлагч (mn) (komandlagch), жанжин (mn) (janjin), дарга (mn) (darga)

  Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (komandlaɣči), ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (ǰangǰun), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (daruɣ-a)

• Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kommandant m, befalingsmand m

  Nynorsk: kommandant m

• Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان‎ (kumandan)
• Persian: فرمانده‎ (fa) (farmândeh), امیر‎ (fa) (amir)
• Polish: dowódca (pl) m
• Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān)
• Romanian: comandant (ro) m
• Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), военача́льник (ru) m (vojenačálʹnik), полково́дец (ru) m (polkovódec), комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: заповѐднӣк m, заповјѐднӣк m, кома̀ндант m

  Roman: zapovèdnīk (sh) m, zapovjèdnīk (sh) m, komàndant (sh) m

• Slovak: veliteľ m
• Slovene: poveljnik m, komandant m
• Spanish: comandante (es) m
• Swahili: kamanda (sw)
• Swedish: befälhavare (sv) c
• Tajik: фармондеҳ (tg) (farmondeh), амир (amir)
• Turkish: komutan (tr), kumandan (tr)
• Turkmen: komandir
• Ukrainian: команди́р m (komandýr), воєнача́льник m (vojenačálʹnyk), полково́дець m (polkovódecʹ), кома́ндувач m (kománduvač), кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies)
• Uyghur: كوماندىر‎ (komandir), قوماندان‎ (qomandan)
• Uzbek: komandir (uz), qoʻmondon (uz)
• Vietnamese: người chỉ huy (vi), tư lệnh (vi)
• Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר‎ m (komandir)

a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain

• Belarusian: кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies)
• Bulgarian: капита́н тре́ти ранг m (kapitán tréti rang)
• Czech: fregatní kapitán m, komandér m
• Finnish: komentaja (fi), komentajakapteeni (fi)
• Greek: αντιπλοίαρχος (el) m (antiploíarchos)
• Indonesian: mayor (id)
• Irish: ceannasaí m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kommandør m

• Russian: комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies), капита́н тре́тьего ра́нга (ru) m (kapitán trétʹjevo ránga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кома̀ндант m

  Roman: komàndant (sh) m

• Slovene: komandant m
• Ukrainian: кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies)

one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons

• Bulgarian: нача́лник (bg) m (načálnik)
• Czech: velitel (cs) m
• Dutch: aanvoerder (nl) m, gezagvoerderm (nl)
• Estonian: ülem
• Finnish: johtaja (fi), päällikkö (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κοίρανος m (koíranos)

• Hindi: सरदार (hi) m (sardār)
• Indonesian: komandan (id)
• Latin: ductor (la) m, praepositus m
• Manx: anneyder m

• Maori: toihau
• Middle English: comaundour
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дарга (mn) (darga)

• Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
• Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), нача́льник (ru) m (načálʹnik)
• Sanskrit: अधिप (sa) m (adhipa)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m
• Spanish: comandante (es) m
• Tocharian B: tāś

commander in an honorary order

• French: commandeur (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kommandør m

  Nynorsk: kommandør m

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French

Etymology

From Old French comander, from Vulgar Latin *commandāre, from Latin commendāre, present active infinitive of commendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
• Homophones: commandai, commandé, commandée, commandées, commandés, commandez

• Audio

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Verb

commander

1. to order (tell someone to do something)
2. to order (ask for a product)

Conjugation

Conjugation of commander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	commander
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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

• commandeur
• commandement

Related terms

• commande

Descendants

• → Romanian: comanda

Further reading

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