gendarme

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word gendarme. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word gendarme, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say gendarme in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word gendarme you have here. The definition of the word gendarme will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofgendarme, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)

  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
    • 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170:
      The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role.
  3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
    • 1979, Chris Jones, Climbing in North America, →ISBN, page 118:
      The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly.
    • 1998, Climbing - Issues 178-180, page 64:
      The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme.
    • 2013, Joe Kelsey, Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains, →ISBN, page 259:
      Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides.

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Singular extracted from plural gendarmes, which arose as a re-spelling of gens d’armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃.daʁm/
  • Audio; “un gendarme”:(file)

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

  1. a member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties
  2. firebug (the insect)
  3. landjäger (a type of sausage)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒenˈdar.me/
  • Rhymes: -arme
  • Hyphenation: gen‧dàr‧me

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmi)

  1. policeman (armed)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: gen‧dar‧me

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

  1. gendarme (member of the gendarmerie)

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xenˈdaɾme/
  • Rhymes: -aɾme
  • Syllabification: gen‧dar‧me

Noun

gendarme m or f by sense (plural gendarmes)

  1. (law enforcement) policeperson (armed)

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia