commander

See also: Commander

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈmændɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəˈmɑːndə/
(Northern England) IPA^(key): /kəˈmandə/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

commander (plural commanders)

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
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.

Derived terms

Related terms

commandery

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
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)
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
Middle English: capitain, governour
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: командлагч (mn) (komandlagč), жанжин (mn) (žanžin), дарга (mn) (darga)

Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (komandlaɣči), ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (ǰaŋǰun), ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (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
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)

a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain

Belarusian: кама́ндэр m (kamánder) (UK or US armies)
Bulgarian: капита́н тре́ти ранг m (kapitán tréti rang)
Czech: fregatní kapitán m, komandér m
Dutch: fregatkapitein (nl) m (Belgium), kapitein-luitenant ter zee m (Netherlands)
Finnish: komentaja (fi), komentajakapteeni (fi)
Greek: αντιπλοίαρχος (el) m (antiploíarchos)
Indonesian: mayor (id)
Irish: ceannasaí m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommandør m
Russian: комма́ндер (ru) m (kommándɛr) (UK or US armies), капита́н тре́тьего ра́нга (ru) m (kapitán trétʹjevo ránga)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кома̀ндант m

Roman: komàndant (sh) m
Slovene: komandant m
Ukrainian: кома́ндер m (kománder) (UK or US armies)

one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons

Bulgarian: нача́лник (bg) m (načálnik)
Czech: velitel (cs) m
Dutch: aanvoerder (nl) m, gezagvoerderm
Estonian: ülem
Finnish: johtaja (fi), päällikkö (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: κοίρανος m (koíranos)
Guaraní: mburuvicha
Hindi: सरदार (hi) m (sardār)
Indonesian: komandan (id)
Latin: ductor (la) m, praepositus m
Manx: anneyder m
Maori: toihau
Middle English: comaundour
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дарга (mn) (darga)
Portuguese: comandante (pt) m or f
Russian: команди́р (ru) m (komandír), нача́льник (ru) m (načálʹnik)
Sanskrit: अधिप (sa) m (adhipa)
Scottish Gaelic: ceannard m
Spanish: comandante (es) m
Tocharian B: tāś

commander in an honorary order

Dutch: commandeur (nl) m
French: commandeur (fr) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommandør m

Nynorsk: kommandør m

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
Homophones: commandai, commandé, commandée, commandées, commandés, commandez
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Verb

commander

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of commander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	commander
present participle or gerund¹	simple	commandant /kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

commander

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