sergent

See also: Sergent and sèrgent

Catalan

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergenta)

1. sergeant

Further reading

• “sergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sergent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/

• sergent:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergente)

1. (military) sergeant

Synonyms

• (military slang) serpat

Derived terms

• 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.