officier

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsir/ Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cier === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch officier (“official”), from Old French officier, from Latin officiārius. ==== Noun ==== officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n) officer (obsolete) official ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: offisier Sranan Tongo: ofsiri → Indonesian: opsir === Etymology 2 === Phono-semantic matching of English overseer. Doublet of bastiaan and basya. ==== Noun ==== officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n) (Suriname, history) plantation overseer ===== Derived terms ===== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.fi.sje/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiō (infinitive officiāre). ==== Verb ==== officier to officiate ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiārius. ==== Noun ==== officier m (plural officiers, feminine officière) officer ===== Derived terms ===== sous-officier ===== Descendants ===== → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser === Further reading === “officier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === officier alternative form of officer == Old French == === Alternative forms === officer (more common) === Etymology === From Latin officiārius; equivalent to office +‎ -ier. === Noun === officier oblique singular, m (oblique plural officiers, nominative singular officiers, nominative plural officier) officer ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: officer, offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficerEnglish: officerScots: offisher French: officier → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser → Middle Dutch: officier, offichier Dutch: officier Norman: officyi === References === officier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub