commander

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English

Etymology

From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

Noun

commander (plural commanders)

  1. One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
  2. 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.
  3. One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
  4. A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
  5. (obsolete) The chief officer of a commandry.
  6. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
  7. A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
  8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

commander

  1. to order (tell someone to do something)
  2. to order (ask for a product)

Conjugation

Conjugation of commander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple commander
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple commandant
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle commandé
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commandes
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commandons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		commandez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ 		commandent
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
imperfect commandais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ 		commandais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ 		commandait
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/ 		commandions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		commandiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/ 		commandaient
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 commandai
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ 		commandas
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ 		commanda
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ 		commandâmes
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dam/ 		commandâtes
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dat/ 		commandèrent
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/
future commanderai
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/ 		commanderas
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/ 		commandera
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/ 		commanderons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		commanderez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/ 		commanderont
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional commanderais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		commanderais
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		commanderait
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		commanderions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		commanderiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/ 		commanderaient
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commandes
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		commandions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		commandiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/ 		commandent
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/
imperfect2 commandasse
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/ 		commandasses
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/ 		commandât
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da/ 		commandassions
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/ 		commandassiez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sje/ 		commandassent
/kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — commande
/kɔ.mɑ̃d/ 		— commandons
/kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		commandez
/kɔ.mɑ̃.de/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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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Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: kòmande
  • → Northern Kurdish: komandar
  • → Portuguese: comandar
  • → Romanian: comanda

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