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English
Etymology
From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.
Pronunciation
Noun
commander (plural commanders)
- One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128:I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
2007 September 30, Douglas Brinkley, “Overlord’s Overlord”, in The New York Times:Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages.
- A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Earth:Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander.
- One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
- A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
- (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
- A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
- A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
- (Singapore, military) A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher
Derived terms
Translations
one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
- Albanian: komandant (sq) m
- Arabic: آمِر m (ʔāmir), مُقَدَّم (ar) m (muqaddam), قَائِد m (qāʔid), قُمَنْدَان m (qumandān)
- Armenian: հրամանատար (hy) (hramanatar)
- Azerbaijani: komandir, komandan
- Belarusian: камандзі́р m (kamandzír), каманды́р m (kamandýr), ваенача́льнік m (vajenačálʹnik), палкаво́дзец m (palkavódzjec), кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies)
- Bulgarian: команди́р (bg) m (komandír)
- Catalan: comandant (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 司令 (zh) (sīlìng), 司令官 (zh) (sīlìngguān), 指揮官 / 指挥官 (zh) (zhǐhuīguān)
- Czech: velitel (cs) m
- Danish: befalingsmand c, kommandant c (fortress or garrison)
- Dutch: commandant (nl) m, bevelhebber (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: ülem
- Finnish: komentaja (fi)
- French: commandant (fr) m, commandante (fr) f
- Georgian: ზორვარი (zorvari), მეთაური (metauri)
- German: Befehlshaber (de) m, Kommandant (de) m, Kommandeur (de) m, Kommandör m
- Greek: διοικητής (el) m (dioikitís), αρχηγός (el) m (archigós)
- Guaraní: mburuvicha
- Hebrew: מְפַקֵּד (he) m (m'fakéd), מְפַקֶּדֶת f (mefakedet)
- Hindi: कमांडर (hi) m (kamāṇḍar), कमान अफसर m (kamān aphsar), सेनापति (hi) m (senāpti), सेनानायक (hi) m (senānāyak), सालार (hi) m (sālār), सलार (hi) m (salār), सालारजंग (hi) m (sālārjaṅg), सिपहसालार (hi) m (sipahsālār)
- Hungarian: parancsnok (hu)
- Indonesian: panglima (id), komandan (id)
- Ingrian: komandira
- Irish: ceannasaí m
- Italian: comandante (it) m
- Japanese: 司令 (ja) (しれい, shirei), 司令官 (ja) (しれいかん, shireikan), 指揮官 (ja) (しきかん, shikikan)
- Kazakh: кәмәндір (kämändır), командир (komandir)
- Korean: 사령(司令) (ko) (saryeong), 사령관(司令官) (ko) (saryeonggwan), 지휘관(指揮官) (ko) (jihwigwan)
- Kyrgyz: командир (komandir), саркер (ky) (sarker), сардар (ky) (sardar)
- Latin: imperātor (la) m
- Latvian: komandieris m
- Lithuanian: vadas (lt) m
- Macedonian: команда́нт m (komandánt), запо́ведник m (zapóvednik), команди́р m (komandír), нара́чател m (naráčatel) (not very common)
- Malay: komander
- Maori: toihau, kaiwhakahau
- Marathi: कमांडर m (kamāṇḍar)
- Middle English: capitain, governour
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: командлагч (mn) (komandlagč), жанжин (mn) (žanžin), дарга (mn) (darga)
- Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (komandlaɣči), ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (ǰangǰun), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠠ (darug-a)
- Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kommandant m, befalingsmand m
- Nynorsk: kommandant m
- Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان (kumandan)
- Persian: فرمانده (fa) (farmânde), امیر (fa) (amir)
- Polish: dowódca (pl) m
- Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
- Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān)
- Romanian: comandor (ro) m
- Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), военача́льник (ru) m (vojenačálʹnik), полково́дец (ru) m (polkovódec), комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies)
- Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: заповѐднӣк m, заповјѐднӣк m, кома̀ндант m
- Roman: zapovèdnīk (sh) m, zapovjèdnīk (sh) m, komàndant (sh) m
- Sicilian: cumannanti m, cumanneri m
- Slovak: veliteľ m
- Slovene: poveljnik m, komandant m
- Spanish: comandante (es) m
- Swahili: kamanda (sw)
- Swedish: befälhavare (sv) c
- Tajik: фармондеҳ (tg) (farmondeh), амир (amir)
- Turkish: komutan (tr), kumandan (tr)
- Turkmen: komandir
- Ukrainian: команди́р m (komandýr), воєнача́льник m (vojenačálʹnyk), полково́дець m (polkovódecʹ), кома́ндувач m (kománduvač), кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies)
- Uyghur: كوماندىر (komandir), قوماندان (qomandan)
- Uzbek: komandir (uz), qoʻmondon (uz)
- Vietnamese: người chỉ huy (vi), tư lệnh (vi)
- Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר m (komandir)
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a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
commander in an honorary order
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
commander
- to order (tell someone to do something)
- to order (ask for a product)
Conjugation
| commander
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| avoir + past participle
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commandant
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
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| ayant + past participle
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commandé
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
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| indicative
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je (j’)
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tu
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il, elle, on
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nous
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vous
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ils, elles
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(simple
tenses)
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present
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commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commandes
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commandons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/
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commandez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
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commandent
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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| imperfect
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commandais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
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commandais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
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commandait
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
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commandions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/
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commandiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/
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commandaient
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
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| past historic2
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commandai
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
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commandas
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/
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commanda
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/
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commandâmes
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dam/
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commandâtes
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dat/
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commandèrent
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/
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| future
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commanderai
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/
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commanderas
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/
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commandera
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/
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commanderons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
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commanderez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/
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commanderont
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
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| conditional
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commanderais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
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commanderais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
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commanderait
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
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commanderions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/
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commanderiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/
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commanderaient
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
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(compound
tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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| pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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| past anterior2
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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| future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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| conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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| subjunctive
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que je (j’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ils, qu’elles
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(simple
tenses)
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present
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commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commandes
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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commandions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/
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commandiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/
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commandent
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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| imperfect2
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commandasse
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
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commandasses
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
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commandât
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/
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commandassions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/
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commandassiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sje/
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commandassent
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
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(compound
tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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| pluperfect2
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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| imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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| simple
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—
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commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
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—
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commandons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/
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commandez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
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—
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| compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
- past historic → present perfect
- past anterior → pluperfect
- imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
- pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).
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