kommando

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komˈmando]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Hyphenation: kom‧man‧do

Noun

kommando (accusative singular kommandon, plural kommandoj, accusative plural kommandojn)

1. commando

Etymology

From Afrikaans kommando.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomːɑndo/, [ˈko̞mːɑ̝ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -omːɑndo
• Hyphenation^(key): kom‧man‧do

Noun

kommando

1. commando

Etymology

Compare German Kommando.

Noun

kommando m (plural kommandos)

1. a group of French Second World War prisoners of war in Germany

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Italian comando.

Noun

kommando m (definite singular kommandoen, indefinite plural kommandoer, definite plural kommandoene)

1. a command
2. a commando (military unit)

References

• “kommando” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Italian comando.

Noun

kommando m (definite singular kommandoen, indefinite plural kommandoar, definite plural kommandoane)

1. a command
2. a commando (military unit)

References

• “kommando” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

kommando n

1. a command, an order
2. command (the right to give orders)

   att föra kommandot ― to be in command

3. a commando (group of soldiers)
4. a (high) command
   • 1982, “Banankontakt av tredje graden [Banana encounter of the third kind ["närkontakt av tredje graden" (close contact of the third degree) is idiomatic for "close encounter of the third kind"]]”, Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music)‎performed by Electric Banana Band:

     Och dörren öppnas på raketen. Banankommandot kommer ut. "Nu sköter vi den här planeten, så eländet kan få ett slut."

     And the door opens on the rocket. The banana high command comes out. "Now we are running [taking care of, managing] this planet, so that the misery can come to an end."

References

• kommando in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kommando in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kommando in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)