sergent

See also: Sergent and sèrgent

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sergent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [sərˈʒe̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈʒen]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈd͡ʒent]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [serˈʒen]

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Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergenta, feminine plural sergentes)

1. sergeant

Derived terms

• sergent major
• sergent primer

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents)

1. New World blackbird of the genus Agelaius

Hyponyms

• sergent ala-roig
• sergent d'espatlles grogues
• sergent d'espatlles lleonades
• sergent d'espatlles vermelles
• sergent tricolor

Further reading

• “sergent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sergent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sergent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin or Late Latin servientem (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Classical Latin servientem (“serving”), present participle of serviō, servīre (“serve, be a slave to”). See also servant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergente)

1. (military) sergeant

   Synonym: (military slang) serpat

Derived terms

• sergent-chef (“chief sergeant”)
• sergent-major (“sergeant-major”)

Related terms

• serf
• sergenter
• sergenterie
• servant
• service
• servir

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sergent.

Noun

sergent m (plural sergenți)

1. sergeant

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sergent	sergentul	sergenți	sergenții
genitive-dative	sergent	sergentului	sergenți	sergenților
vocative	sergentule		sergenților