commandant

See also: Commandant

English

Etymology

From French commandant.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒməndænt/, /kɒmənˈdænt/, /-dɑnt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/, /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

commandant (plural commandants)

1. (military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.

Translations

a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division

• Armenian: պարետ (hy) (paret)
• Bulgarian: командир (bg) m (komandir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: komendantti (fi)
• French: commandant (fr) m
• Italian: comandante (it) m
• Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
• Romanian: comandant (ro) m
• Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), коменда́нт (ru) m (komendánt)
• Spanish: comandante (es) m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French commandant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.mɑnˈdɑnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: com‧man‧dant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n)

1. commander

Derived terms

• commandantschip
• hoofdcommandant
• legercommandant

Related terms

• commanderen
• commando

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:

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• Homophone: commandants

Noun

commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)

1. commander (function)
2. major (rank)

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

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of commandō

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)

1. (Jersey) commanding officer