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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑːnd/
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• General-American: /kəˈmænd/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /kəˈmand/
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• Wales: /kəˈmand/
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• Wales: /kəˈmaːnd/
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• Australian: /kəˈmæːnd/
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• Australia, New-Zealand, South: /kəˈmɐːnd/
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• rhymes with (trap-bath split) -ɑːnd
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• rhymes with (without the trap-bath split) -ænd
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M AE1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh2-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comanderbor. Middle English comaunden English command From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Ultimately from Latin com- + mandō (whence ultimately also commend (a doublet), mandate, and recommend), from manus + -dō. Compare typologically Russian поручи́ть (poručítʹ), поруче́ние (poručénije), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) related to рука́ (ruká).

346 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: bevel — order
• Afrikaans: opdrag — order
• Afrikaans: gebod — order
• Albanian: urdhër — order
• Arabic: أَمْر (ʔamr) — order
• Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — order
• Arabic: امر (amr) — order
• Armenian: հրաման (hraman) — order
• Aromanian: dimãndari — order
• Aromanian: dimãndare — order
• Azerbaijani: buyruq — order
• Bashkir: бойороҡ (boyoroq) — order
• Basque: agindu — order
• Basque: men — order
• Belarusian: зага́д (zahád) — order
• Belarusian: кама́нда (kamánda) — order
• Belarusian: прыка́з (prykáz) — order
• Belarusian: раска́з (raskáz) — order
• Bengali: আদেশ (adeś) — order
• Bengali: আজ্ঞা (ajna) — order
• Bulgarian: за́повед (zápoved) — order
• Bulgarian: наре́ждане (naréždane) — order
• Bulgarian: повеле́ние (povelénie) — order
• Bulgarian: кома́нда (kománda) — order
• Burmese: အမိန့် (a.min.) — order
• Catalan: ordre — order
• Catalan: manat — order
• Chinese Cantonese: 命令 (ming6 ling6) — order
• Chinese Mandarin: 命令 (mìnglìng) — order
• Czech: příkaz — order
• Czech: rozkaz — order
• Czech: povel — order
• Danish: ordre — order
• Dutch: opdracht — order
• Dutch: bevel — order
• Egyptian: wD-w-Y1 (wḏ) — order
• Esperanto: komando — order
• Esperanto: ordono — order
• Estonian: käsk — order
• Finnish: käsky — order
• Finnish: komento — order
• French: commandement — order
• French: ordre — order
• Old French: comandement — order
• Galician: orde — order
• Galician: mandado — order
• Georgian: ბრძანება (brʒaneba) — order
• Georgian: განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba) — order
• German: Befehl — order
• German: Kommando — order
• Greek: εντολή (entolí) — order
• Ancient Greek: ἐντολή (entolḗ) — order
• Ancient Greek: κέλευσμα (kéleusma) — order
• Hebrew: פְּקֻדּה (pkuda) — order
• Hebrew: מצווה — order
• Hebrew: מִצְוָה (mitsvá) — order
• Hindi: आदेश (ādeś) — order
• Hindi: आज्ञा (ājñā) — order
• Hindi: दस्तूर (dastūr) — order
• Hindi: फ़रमान (farmān) — order
• Hindi: अम्र (amr) — order
• Hindi: हुक्म (hukma) — order
• Hungarian: parancs — order
• Indonesian: aba-aba — order
• Irish: tiomnú — order
• Italian: comando — order
• Italian: ordine — order
• Japanese: 命令 (meirei) — order
• Kazakh: бұйрық (būiryq) — order
• Khmer: បង្គាប់ (bɑɑbɑngkŏəp) — order
• Khmer: បញ្ជា (bɑɑbɑñciə) — order
• Khmer: អាណា (ʼaanaa) — order
• Korean: 명령 (myeongnyeong) — order
• Central Kurdish: فەرمان (ferman) — order
• Northern Kurdish: firman — order
• Kyrgyz: буйрук (buyruk) — order
• Lao: ຄໍາສັ່ງ — order
• Latin: ēdictum — order
• Latin: iussus — order
• Latin: mandātum — order
• Latvian: pavēle — order
• Lithuanian: įsakymas — order
• Macedonian: наредба (naredba) — order
• Macedonian: заповед (zapoved) — order
• Macedonian: команда (komanda) — order
• Mongolian: тушаал (tušaal) — order
• Norwegian Bokmål: ordre — order
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommando — order
• Occitan: òrdre — order
• Church Slavic: заповѣдь (zapovědĭ) — order
• Old English: bebod — order
• Old English: hǣs — order
• Oromo: ajaja — order
• Pashto: امر — order
• Pashto: حکم (hokm) — order
• Iranian Persian: فَرْمان (farmân) — order
• Iranian Persian: دَسْتور (dastur) — order
• Iranian Persian: اَمْر (amr) — order
• Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — order
• Plautdietsch: Befäl — order
• Plautdietsch: Jeheet — order
• Polish: rozkaz — order
• Polish: komenda — order
• Portuguese: comando — order
• Portuguese: ordem — order
• Romanian: ordin — order
• Romanian: comandă — order
• Russian: прика́з (prikáz) — order
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — order
• Russian: повеле́ние (povelénije) — order
• Russian: нака́з (nakáz) — order
• Russian: приказа́ние (prikazánije) — order
• Russian: распоряже́ние (rasporjažénije) — order
• Sanskrit: आज्ञा (ājñā) — order
• Scottish Gaelic: òrdugh — order
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏пове̄д — order
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏повије̄д — order
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ма̄нда — order
• Serbo-Croatian: на́редба — order
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁpovēd — order
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁpovijēd — order
• Serbo-Croatian: kòmānda — order
• Serbo-Croatian: náredba — order
• Slovak: príkaz — order
• Slovak: rozkaz — order
• Slovene: ukȁz — order
• Spanish: comandamiento — order
• Spanish: mandado — order
• Swedish: order — order
• Swedish: kommando — order
• Tagalog: utos — order
• Tagalog: kautusan — order
• Tajik: амр (amr) — order
• Tajik: фармон (farmon) — order
• Tajik: дастур (dastur) — order
• Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — order
• Tatar: боерык (boyırıq) — order
• Telugu: ఆజ్ఞ (ājña) — order
• Telugu: ఉత్తరువు (uttaruvu) — order
• Telugu: ఆనతి (ānati) — order
• Thai: สั่ง (sàng) — order
• Thai: คําสั่ง (kam-sàng) — order
• Thai: อาเทศ (aa-têet) — order
• Thai: บัญชา (ban-chaa) — order
• Tocharian B: raki — order
• Turkish: emir — order
• Turkish: komut — order
• Turkish: buyruk — order
• Ottoman Turkish: امر (emr, emir) — order
• Ottoman Turkish: فرمان (ferman) — order
• Turkmen: buýruk — order
• Ukrainian: нака́з (nakáz) — order
• Ukrainian: кома́нда (kománda) — order
• Ukrainian: прика́з (prykáz) — order
• Ukrainian: ро́зказ (rózkaz) — order
• Ukrainian: за́гад (záhad) — order
• Ukrainian: розпоря́дження (rozporjádžennja) — order
• Urdu: حُکْم (hukm) — order
• Urdu: فَرْمان (farmān) — order
• Urdu: اَمْر (amr) — order
• Urdu: دَسْتُور (dastūr) — order
• Uyghur: بۇيرۇق (buyruq) — order
• Uzbek: buyruq — order
• Vietnamese: mệnh lệnh — order
• Hindi: प्रभार (prabhār) — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Italian: comando — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Latin: imperium — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Manx: mainshtyraght — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Manx: smaght — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Portuguese: comando — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Russian: управле́ние (upravlénije) — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Spanish: mando — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Spanish: comando — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Spanish: comandamiento — the right or authority to order, control or dispose of
• Belarusian: вало́данне (valódannje) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Belarusian: вало́даньне (valódanʹnje) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Bulgarian: владе́ене (vladéene) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟練 /熟练 (shúliàn) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• French: maîtrise — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• German: Beherrschung — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• German: Meisterschaft — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Italian: padronanza — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Italian: maestria — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Italian: perizia — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Japanese: 驅使 (kushi) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Korean: 구사 (gusa) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Manx: mainshtyraght — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Manx: smaght — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Portuguese: domínio — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Russian: владе́ние (vladénije) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Spanish: mando — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Ukrainian: володі́ння (volodínnja) — power of control, direction or disposal; mastery
• Bulgarian: командване (komandvane) — unit of military personnel
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮官 /指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān) — unit of military personnel
• Chinese Mandarin: 元帥 /元帅 (yuánshuài) — unit of military personnel
• Finnish: miehet — unit of military personnel
• French: commandement — unit of military personnel
• Georgian: სამხედრო ნაწილი (samxedro nac̣ili) — unit of military personnel
• Georgian: სამხედრო შენაერთი (samxedro šenaerti) — unit of military personnel
• Greek: διοίκηση (dioíkisi) — unit of military personnel
• Malay: komander — unit of military personnel
• Persian: تکاوری (takâvari) — unit of military personnel
• Portuguese: comando — unit of military personnel
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — unit of military personnel
• Russian: кома́ндование (komándovanije) — unit of military personnel
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovjedništvo — unit of military personnel
• Serbo-Croatian: команда — unit of military personnel
• Serbo-Croatian: komanda — unit of military personnel
• Spanish: comando — unit of military personnel
• Arabic: أَمْر (ʔamr) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Catalan: ordre — computing: directive to a computer program
• Chinese Mandarin: 指令 (zhǐlìng) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Dutch: opdracht — computing: directive to a computer program
• Esperanto: komando — computing: directive to a computer program
• Esperanto: instrukcio — computing: directive to a computer program
• Finnish: käsky — computing: directive to a computer program
• French: commande — computing: directive to a computer program
• Galician: comando — computing: directive to a computer program
• German: Befehl — computing: directive to a computer program
• Greek: εντολή (entolí) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Hindi: समादेश (samādeś) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Italian: comando — computing: directive to a computer program
• Japanese: コマンド — computing: directive to a computer program
• Korean: 커맨드 (keomaendeu) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Korean: 명령어 (myeongnyeong'eo) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Malay: perintah — computing: directive to a computer program
• Māori: tono — computing: directive to a computer program
• Māori: tohutohu — computing: directive to a computer program
• Polish: komenda — computing: directive to a computer program
• Polish: polecenie — computing: directive to a computer program
• Portuguese: comando — computing: directive to a computer program
• Russian: кома́нда (kománda) — computing: directive to a computer program
• Spanish: comando — computing: directive to a computer program
• Spanish: mandato — computing: directive to a computer program
• Swedish: kommando — computing: directive to a computer program
• Turkish: emir — computing: directive to a computer program
• Turkish: komut — computing: directive to a computer program
• Finnish: hallinta — in baseball
• Afrikaans: beveel — to order
• Arabic: أَمَرَ (ʔamara) — to order
• Armenian: հրամայել (hramayel) — to order
• Azerbaijani: buyurmaq — to order
• Bashkir: бойороу (boyorow) — to order
• Bulgarian: заповядвам (zapovjadvam) — to order
• Bulgarian: командвам (komandvam) — to order
• Catalan: ordenar — to order
• Catalan: manar — to order
• Chinese Mandarin: 命令 (mìnglìng) — to order
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮 /指挥 (zhǐhuī) — to order
• Czech: přikázat — to order
• Czech: nařídit — to order
• Czech: rozkázat — to order
• Dutch: bevelen — to order
• Dutch: commanderen — to order
• Esperanto: komandi — to order
• Estonian: juhtima — to order
• Finnish: käskeä — to order
• Finnish: komentaa — to order
• French: commander — to order
• French: ordonner — to order
• Old French: comander — to order
• Friulian: comandâ — to order
• Friulian: ordenâ — to order
• German: befehlen — to order
• German: kommandieren — to order
• German: gebieten — to order
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan) — to order
• Greek: διατάζω (diatázo) — to order
• Ancient Greek: ἐντέλλομαι (entéllomai) — to order
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτέλλω (epitéllō) — to order
• Ancient Greek: κελεύω (keleúō) — to order
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιτάσσω (epitássō) — to order
• Ancient Greek: ἄνωγα (ánōga) — to order
• Hebrew: צִוָּה (tzivvá) — to order
• Hebrew: פָּקַד (paqád) — to order
• Hebrew: הוֹרָה (horá) — to order
• Hungarian: parancsol — to order
• Hungarian: rendel — to order
• Hungarian: elrendel — to order
• Ingrian: komentaa — to order
• Ingrian: komandoittaa — to order
• Italian: ordinare — to order
• Italian: comandare — to order
• Kyrgyz: буйруу (buyruu) — to order
• Latin: imperō — to order
• Latin: iubeō — to order
• Latvian: pavēlēt — to order
• Māori: whakahau — to order
• Middle English: comaunden — to order
• Neapolitan: cumannà — to order
• Norman: c'mander — to order
• Old English: bebēodan — to order
• Old English: hātan — to order
• Pennsylvania German: aabefehle — to order
• Portuguese: mandar — to order
• Portuguese: ordenar — to order
• Quechua: kachay — to order
• Romanian: comanda — to order
• Romanian: ordona — to order
• Romanian: porunci — to order
• Russian: прика́зывать (prikázyvatʹ) — to order
• Russian: приказа́ть (prikazátʹ) — to order
• Sardinian: cumandai — to order
• Sardinian: cumandare — to order
• Sardinian: cumandhare — to order
• Sardinian: cumannare — to order
• Scottish Gaelic: òrdaich — to order
• Sicilian: cumannari — to order
• Spanish: ordenar — to order
• Spanish: mandar — to order
• Spanish: preceptuar — to order
• Swahili: kuamuru — to order
• Swedish: befalla — to order
• Telugu: ఆజ్ఞాపించు (ājñāpiñcu) — to order
• Turkish: emretmek — to order
• Turkish: buyurmak — to order
• Ukrainian: наказувати (nakazuvaty) — to order
• Ukrainian: наказати (nakazaty) — to order
• Ukrainian: командувати (komanduvaty) — to order
• Venetan: comandar — to order
• Bulgarian: владе́я (vladéja) — to hold, to control
• Bulgarian: контроли́рам (kontrolíram) — to hold, to control
• Czech: ovládat — to hold, to control
• Finnish: pitää hallussaan — to hold, to control
• Finnish: hallita — to hold, to control
• French: diriger — to hold, to control
• German: beherrschen — to hold, to control
• Kazakh: меңгеру (meñgeru) — to hold, to control
• Latin: impero — to hold, to control
• Māori: whakatopatopa — to hold, to control
• Portuguese: comandar — to hold, to control
• Romanian: controla — to hold, to control
• Romanian: stăpâni — to hold, to control
• Russian: управля́ть (upravljátʹ) — to hold, to control
• Russian: кома́ндовать (komándovatʹ) — to hold, to control
• Russian: владе́ть (vladétʹ) — to hold, to control
• Russian: госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) — to hold, to control
• Russian: вла́ствовать (vlástvovatʹ) — to hold, to control
• Russian: контроли́ровать (kontrolírovatʹ) — to hold, to control
• Telugu: ఉంచుకొనుట (uñcukonuṭa) — to hold, to control
• Telugu: అదుపులో ఉంచు (adupulō uñcu) — to hold, to control
• Russian: получа́ть (polučátʹ) — to exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim
• Russian: заслу́живать (zaslúživatʹ) — to exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim
• Russian: внуша́ть (vnušátʹ) — to exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim
• Russian: вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) — to exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim
• Russian: быть досто́йным (bytʹ dostójnym) — to exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim