officier

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Dutch[edit]

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Officier van de Belgische Zeemacht met drie officierskruisen
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsir/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cier

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch officier (official), from Old French officier, from Latin officiārius.

Noun[edit]

officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)

  1. officer
  2. (obsolete) official
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Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: offisier
  • Sranan Tongo: ofsiri
  • Indonesian: opsir

Etymology 2[edit]

Phono-semantic matching of English overseer. Doublet of bastiaan and basya.

Noun[edit]

officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)

  1. (Suriname, history) plantation overseer
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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiō (infinitive officiāre).

Verb[edit]

officier

  1. to officiate
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiārius.

Noun[edit]

officier m (plural officiers, feminine officière)

  1. officer
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Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

officier

  1. Alternative form of officer

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin officiārius; equivalent to office +‎ -ier.

Noun[edit]

officier oblique singularm (oblique plural officiers, nominative singular officiers, nominative plural officier)

  1. officer

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