commandant

== English == === Etymology === From French commandant. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɒməndænt/, /kɒmənˈdænt/, /-dɑnt/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒməndənt/, /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/, /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/ === Noun === commandant (plural commandants) (military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division. (military) A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage. (military, South Africa, historical) lieutenant-colonel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Radburn, A. (2012). SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY RANKS AND INSIGNIA. Scientia Militaria South African Journal of Military Studies, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.5787/20-2-364 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French commandant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.mɑnˈdɑnt/ Hyphenation: com‧man‧dant Rhymes: -ɑnt === Noun === commandant m (plural commandanten, diminutive commandantje n) 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/ Homophone: commandants === Noun === commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante) commander (function) major (rank) ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: كُوماندان (komāndān, “commander”) → English: commandant → German: Kommandant → Dutch: commandantAfrikaans: 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 (komandan)→ Arabic: قُومَنْدان (qomandān, “military commander”)→ Azerbaijani: komandan→ Crimean Tatar: komandan→ Pashto: قومندان (qumandā́n, qomandā́n), کومندان (kumandā́n, komandā́n), کوماندان (kumāndā́n, komāndā́n)→ Persian:Dari: قومَنْدَان (qōmandān), قومَانْدَان (qōmāndān)Turkish: kumandan→ Uyghur: قوماندان (qomandan)→ Uzbek: qoʻmondon → Persian: Iranian Persian: کُمانْدان (komândân), کوماندان (komândân) → Punjabi: Shahmukhi script: کُمیدان (kumedān) Gurmukhi script: 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 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) (Jersey) commanding officer