"commandant" meaning in French

See commandant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-commandant.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-commandant.wav Forms: commandants [plural], commandante [feminine]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Middle French commander French commanderder. French commandant Present participle of commander. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|der|commander<id:to order>|id=commander|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comander Middle French commander French commanderder. French commandant Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} commandant m (plural commandants, feminine commandante)
  1. commander (function) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-commandant-fr-noun-slHQEf45 Categories (other): French entries with etymology trees, French entries with incorrect language header, Military ranks Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 58 42 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 54 46
  2. major (rank) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-commandant-fr-noun-LLTBXCTQ Categories (other): French entries with etymology trees, French entries with incorrect language header, Military ranks Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 58 42 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 54 46

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "komāndān",
      "sense": "commander",
      "word": "كُوماندان"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "commandant"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kommandant"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "kommandant"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "id",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "komandan"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "nan",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "kong-pu̍t-lóng",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "公勃壟"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "kong-pu̍t-lóng",
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          ],
          "word": "公勃垄"
        },
        {
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "lang_code": "fy",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        },
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        },
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang_code": "uz",
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          ],
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      ],
      "roman": "komandan",
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    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "komendánt",
      "word": "коменда́нт"
    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "major"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "commandants"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "French terms derived from Old Latin",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)meh₂-",
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    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kommandant"
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    {
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          "word": "kommandant"
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