ABC-offiser

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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ABC +‎ offiser, first part from English atomic, biological and chemical. Last part from French officier (officer), from Old French officer, officier (officer), from Medieval Latin officiārius (officer), from officium (duty, service, office), a contraction of opificium (work), from Proto-Italic *opifakjom, an old derivative of ops, opis (power, ability, resources), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)-, *h₃op-(i)- (force, ability), from *h₃ep- (to work, toil, make; ability, force).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑːbɛˈseːɔfɪseːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • Hyphenation: A‧B‧C‧of‧fis‧er
  • Homophone: abc-offiser

Noun

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ABC-offiser m (definite singular ABC-offiseren, indefinite plural ABC-offiserer, definite plural ABC-offiserene)

  1. (military) a professionally trained officer to lead defense against atomic, biological and chemical weapons for a department
    • 1991 January 23, NTBtekst:
      ABC-offiseren om bord i «Andenes» … mener det er svært foruroligende at norske skip går inn i krigssonen uten tilstrekkelig verneutstyr
      The ABC officer on board "Andenes"… thinks it is very disturbing that Norwegian ships enter the war zone without sufficient protective equipment
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