"commandant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒməndænt/ [US], /kɒmənˈdænt/ [US], /-dɑnt/ [US], /ˈkɒməndɑːnt/ [UK], /kɒmənˈdɑːnt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commandant.wav Forms: commandants [plural]
Etymology: From French commandant. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|commandant}} French commandant Head templates: {{en-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): պարետ (paret) (Armenian), командир (komandir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 指揮官 /指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān) (Chinese Mandarin), komendantti (Finnish), commandant [masculine] (French), parancsnok (Hungarian), comandante [masculine] (Italian), comandante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), comandant [masculine] (Romanian), команди́р (komandír) [masculine] (Russian), коменда́нт (komendánt) [masculine] (Russian), comandante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-commandant-en-noun-Lc-VUsDW Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'a commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division': 90 3 7
  2. (military) A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage.
    Sense id: en-commandant-en-noun-WEGtoXi9 Categories (other): Military, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 50 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 45 49 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 42 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 63 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 46 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 45 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 47 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 42 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 46 49 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military, South Africa, historical) lieutenant-colonel Tags: South-Africa, historical
    Sense id: en-commandant-en-noun-4YH3oNE7 Categories (other): South African English, Military, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 33 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 50 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 40 50 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 45 49 2 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 10 34 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 42 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 44 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 46 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 45 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 47 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 33 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 42 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 46 49 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colonel commandant, colonel-commandant, commandant-general, commandantship

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (84cf5d0 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.