"commando" meaning in English

See commando in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈmɑːn.dəʊ/ [UK], /kəˈmændoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-commando.wav Forms: commandos [plural], commandoes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːndəʊ Etymology: From Afrikaans kommando, from Portuguese comando (“command”), from Late Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|kommando}} Afrikaans kommando, {{der|en|pt|comando||command}} Portuguese comando (“command”), {{der|en|LL.||*commandare}} Late Latin *commandare, {{der|en|la|commendare}} Latin commendare Head templates: {{en-noun|s|commandoes}} commando (plural commandos or commandoes)
  1. A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas. Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (small fighting force): отряд (otrjad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), команда (komanda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 特种兵 (tèzhǒngbīng) (Chinese Mandarin), komando [neuter] (Czech), commando [masculine] (Dutch), kommando (Esperanto), sissipartio (Finnish), commando [masculine] (French), Kommando [neuter] (German), δύναμη καταδρομών (dýnami katadromón) [feminine] (Greek), komando (Indonesian), 特戦隊 (tokusentai) (Japanese), konihi (Maori), torohē (Maori), whakatoke (Maori), कमांडो (kamāṇḍo) (Marathi), کماندو (komândo) (Persian), komando [neuter] (Polish), kommandostyrka [common-gender] (Swedish), komando (Turkish)
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  2. A commando trooper. Translations (commando trooper): 特种兵 (tèzhǒngbīng) (Chinese Mandarin), kommandano (Esperanto), sissi (Finnish), Kommandosoldat [masculine] (German), κομάντο (kománto) [masculine] (Greek), καταδρομέας (katadroméas) [masculine] (Greek), hōia torohē (Maori), hōia konihi (Maori), कमांडो (kamāṇḍo) (Marathi), kommandosoldat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kommandosoldat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), komandos [masculine] (Polish), komandoska [feminine] (Polish), kommandosoldat [common-gender] (Swedish), komando (Turkish), yaaʼ tú silááda (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-commando-en-noun-r31ljAkY Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 41 25 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 39 28 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 40 27 33 Disambiguation of 'commando trooper': 1 93 6
  3. (historical) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops. Tags: historical
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: commandolike, go commando, steak commando

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "dýnami katadromón",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "δύναμη καταδρομών"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "komando"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tokusentai",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "特戦隊"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "konihi"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "torohē"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "whakatoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kamāṇḍo",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "कमांडो"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "komândo",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "کماندو"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "komando"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small fighting force",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "small fighting force",
      "word": "komando"
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "yaaʼ tú silááda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tèzhǒngbīng",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "特种兵"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "kommandano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "sissi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Kommandosoldat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kománto",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katadroméas",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "hōia torohē"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "hōia konihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kamāṇḍo",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "कमांडो"
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      "sense": "commando trooper",
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      "word": "kommandosoldat"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "komandos"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "komandoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kommandosoldat"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "commando trooper",
      "word": "komando"
    }
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  ],
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}

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