commandant
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See also: Commandant
English
Etymology
From French commandant.
Pronunciation
Noun
commandant (plural commandants)
- (military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
Derived terms
Translations
a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French commandant.
Pronunciation
Noun
commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)
Derived terms
- commandantschip
- hoofdcommandant
- legercommandant
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kommandant
- → Indonesian: komandan
- → Min Nan: 公勃壟 / 公勃垄 (kong-pu̍t-lóng)
- → West Frisian: kommandant
French
Etymology
Present participle of commander.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: commandants
Noun
commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)
Descendants
- → English: commandant
- → German: Kommandant
- → Dutch: commandant
- Afrikaans: kommandant
- → Indonesian: komandan
- → Min Nan: 公勃壟 / 公勃垄 (kong-pu̍t-lóng)
- → West Frisian: kommandant
- Haitian Creole: komandan
- → Hindi: कमांडेंट (kamāṇḍẽṭ)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان (kumandan)
- Turkish: kumandan
- → Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān)
- → Russian: коменда́нт (komendánt)
Further reading
- “commandant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
commandant
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)
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