officier
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Officier van de Belgische Zeemacht met drie officierskruisen
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses
Dutch
Officer of the Belgian Navy with three officer's crosses
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch officier (“official”), from Old French officier, from Latin officiārius.
Noun
officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)
Derived terms
- artillerie-officier
- beroepsofficier
- dekofficier
- gardeofficier
- genie-officier
- grootofficier
- hoofdofficier
- hulpofficier
- marineofficier
- officier van dienst
- officier van justitie
- officierschap
- officiersclub
- officiersjas
- officierskind
- officierskorps
- officierslaars
- officiersmess
- officiersopleiding
- officiersplaats
- officiersrang
- officierstafel
- officierstenue
- officiersuniform
- officiersvrouw
- officiersweduwe
- officierszoon
- onderofficier
- opperofficier
- politieofficier
- regimentsofficier
- reserveofficier
- scheepsofficier
- stafofficier
- veldofficier
- verbindingsofficier
- vlagofficier
- wachtofficier
- zaaksofficier
- zeeofficier
Descendants
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of English overseer. Doublet of bastiaan and basya.
Noun
officier m (plural officieren or officiers, diminutive officiertje n)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiō (infinitive officiāre).
Verb
officier
- to officiate
Conjugation
Conjugation of officier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | officier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | officiant /ɔ.fi.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | officié /ɔ.fi.sje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officies /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officie /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officions /ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
officiez /ɔ.fi.sje/ |
officient /ɔ.fi.si/ |
| imperfect | officiais /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ |
officiais /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ |
officiait /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ |
officiions /ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/ |
officiiez /ɔ.fi.si.je/ |
officiaient /ɔ.fi.sjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | officiai /ɔ.fi.sje/ |
officias /ɔ.fi.sja/ |
officia /ɔ.fi.sja/ |
officiâmes /ɔ.fi.sjam/ |
officiâtes /ɔ.fi.sjat/ |
officièrent /ɔ.fi.sjɛʁ/ | |
| future | officierai /ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/ |
officieras /ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/ |
officiera /ɔ.fi.si.ʁa/ |
officierons /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
officierez /ɔ.fi.si.ʁe/ |
officieront /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | officierais /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ |
officierais /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ |
officierait /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ |
officierions /ɔ.fi.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
officieriez /ɔ.fi.si.ʁje/ |
officieraient /ɔ.fi.si.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officies /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officie /ɔ.fi.si/ |
officiions /ɔ.fi.si.jɔ̃/ |
officiiez /ɔ.fi.si.je/ |
officient /ɔ.fi.si/ |
| imperfect2 | officiasse /ɔ.fi.sjas/ |
officiasses /ɔ.fi.sjas/ |
officiât /ɔ.fi.sja/ |
officiassions /ɔ.fi.sja.sjɔ̃/ |
officiassiez /ɔ.fi.sja.sje/ |
officiassent /ɔ.fi.sjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | officie /ɔ.fi.si/ |
— | officions /ɔ.fi.sjɔ̃/ |
officiez /ɔ.fi.sje/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin officiārius.
Noun
officier m (plural officiers, feminine officière)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser
Further reading
- “officier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Middle English
Noun
officier
- Alternative form of officer
Old French
Alternative forms
- officer (more common)
Etymology
From Latin officiārius; equivalent to office + -ier.
Noun
officier oblique singular, m (oblique plural officiers, nominative singular officiers, nominative plural officier)
Descendants
- → Middle English: officer, offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficer
- French: officier
- → Norwegian Bokmål: offiser
- → Middle Dutch: officier, offichier
- Dutch: officier
- Norman: officyi
References
- officier on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub