commander

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• General-American: /kəˈmændɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑːndə/
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• Northern-England: /kəˈmandə/
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• Scotland: /kəˈmandəɾ/
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• Wales: /kəˈmandə/
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• Wales: /kəˈmaːndə/
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• Australian: /kəˈmæːndə/
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• Australia, New-Zealand, South: /kəˈmɐːndə/
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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 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: komandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Arabic: آمِر (ʔāmir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Arabic: مُقَدَّم (muqaddam) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Arabic: قَائِد (qāʔid) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Arabic: قُمَنْدَان (qumandān) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Armenian: հրամանատար (hramanatar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Azerbaijani: komandir — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Azerbaijani: komandan — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Belarusian: камандзі́р (kamandzír) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Belarusian: каманды́р (kamandýr) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Belarusian: ваенача́льнік (vajenačálʹnik) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Belarusian: палкаво́дзец (palkavódzjec) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Belarusian: кама́ндэр (kamánder) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Bengali: কমান্ডার (komanḍar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Bengali: সেনাপতি (śenapoti) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Bulgarian: команди́р (komandír) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Burmese: တပ်မှူး (taphmu:) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Catalan: comandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 司令 (sīlìng) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 司令官 (sīlìngguān) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮官 /指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Czech: velitel — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Danish: befalingsmand — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Danish: kommandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Dutch: commandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Dutch: bevelhebber — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Estonian: ülem — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Finnish: komentaja — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• French: commandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• French: commandante — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Georgian: ზორვარი (zorvari) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Georgian: მეთაური (metauri) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• German: Befehlshaber — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• German: Kommandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• German: Kommandeur — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• German: Kommandör — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Greek: διοικητής (dioikitís) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Greek: αρχηγός (archigós) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hebrew: מְפַקֵּד (m'fakéd) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hebrew: מְפַקֶּדֶת (mefakedet) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: कमांडर (kamāṇḍar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: कमान अफसर (kamān aphsar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सेनापति (senāpti) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सेनानायक (senānāyak) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सालार (sālār) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सलार (salār) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सालारजंग (sālārjaṅg) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hindi: सिपहसालार (sipahsālār) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Hungarian: parancsnok — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Icelandic: yfirmaður — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Indonesian: panglima — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Indonesian: komandan — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ingrian: komandira — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Irish: ceannasaí — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Italian: comandante — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Japanese: 司令 (shirei) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Japanese: 司令官 (shireikan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Japanese: 指揮官 (shikikan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Kazakh: кәмәндір (kämändır) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Kazakh: командир (komandir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Khmer: មេបញ្ជាការ (mee bɑñciəkaa) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Korean: 사령 (saryeong) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Korean: 사령관 (saryeonggwan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Korean: 지휘관 (jihwigwan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Kyrgyz: командир (komandir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Kyrgyz: саркер (sarker) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Kyrgyz: сардар (sardar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Lao: ຜູ້ບັນຊາການ (phū ban sā kān) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Latin: imperātor — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Latvian: komandieris — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Lithuanian: vadas — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Macedonian: команда́нт (komandánt) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Macedonian: запо́ведник (zapóvednik) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Macedonian: команди́р (komandír) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Macedonian: нара́чател (naráčatel) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Malay: komander — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Māori: toihau — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Māori: kaiwhakahau — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Marathi: कमांडर (kamāṇḍar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Middle English: capitain — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Middle English: governour — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: командлагч (komandlagč) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: жанжин (žanžin) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: дарга (darga) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠮᠠᠨᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (komandlaɣči) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠩᠵᠤᠨ (ǰangǰun) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ (daruɣ-a) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Navajo: hashkééjí naatʼááh — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Norwegian Bokmål: befalingsmand — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kommandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Iranian Persian: فَرْمانْدِهْ (farmândeh) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Iranian Persian: اَمیر (amir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Polish: dowódca — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Portuguese: comandante — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Punjabi: ਕੁਮੇਦਾਨ (kumedān) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Romanian: comandor — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Russian: команди́р (komandír) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Russian: военача́льник (vojenačálʹnik) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Russian: полково́дец (polkovódec) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Russian: комма́ндер (kommándɛr) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannard — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: заповѐднӣк — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: заповјѐднӣк — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: кома̀ндант — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovèdnīk — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovjèdnīk — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Serbo-Croatian: komàndant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Sicilian: cumannanti — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Sicilian: cumanneri — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Slovak: veliteľ — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Slovene: poveljnik — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Slovene: komandant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Spanish: comandante — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Swahili: kamanda — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Swedish: befälhavare — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Swedish: kommendant — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Tajik: фармондеҳ (farmondeh) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Tajik: амир (amir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Thai: ผู้บัญชาการ (pûu-ban-chaa-gaan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Turkish: komutan — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Turkish: kumandan — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ottoman Turkish: قوماندان (kumandan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Turkmen: komandir — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ukrainian: команди́р (komandýr) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ukrainian: воєнача́льник (vojenačálʹnyk) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ukrainian: полково́дець (polkovódecʹ) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ukrainian: кома́ндувач (kománduvač) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Ukrainian: кома́ндер (kománder) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Urdu: کَمانْڈَر (kamānḍar) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Urdu: اَمِیر (amīr) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Urdu: سالار (sālār) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Urdu: فَرْمان دِہْ (farmān dih) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Uyghur: كوماندىر (komandir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Uyghur: قوماندان (qomandan) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Uzbek: komandir — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Uzbek: qoʻmondon — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Vietnamese: người chỉ huy — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Vietnamese: tư lệnh — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר (komandir) — one who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization
• Afrikaans: kommandeur — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Belarusian: кама́ндэр (kamánder) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Bulgarian: капита́н тре́ти ранг (kapitán tréti rang) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Czech: fregatní kapitán — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Czech: komandér — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Danish: kaptajnløjtnant — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Dutch: fregatkapitein — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Dutch: kapitein-luitenant ter zee — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Finnish: komentaja — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Finnish: komentajakapteeni — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• French: capitaine de frégate — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Greek: αντιπλοίαρχος (antiploíarchos) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Indonesian: mayor — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Irish: ceannasaí — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Marathi: कमांडर (kamāṇḍar) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommandør — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Portuguese: capitão de fragata — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Russian: комма́ндер (kommándɛr) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Russian: капита́н тре́тьего ра́нга (kapitán trétʹjevo ránga) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Serbo-Croatian: кома̀ндант — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Serbo-Croatian: komàndant — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Slovene: komandant — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Thai: นาวาโท (naa-waa-too) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Ukrainian: кома́ндер (kománder) — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Uzbek: II rang kapitani — a naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain
• Bulgarian: нача́лник (načálnik) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Czech: velitel — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Dutch: aanvoerder — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Dutch: gezagvoerderm — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Estonian: ülem — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Finnish: johtaja — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Finnish: päällikkö — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Ancient Greek: κοίρανος (koíranos) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Hindi: सरदार (sardār) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Indonesian: komandan — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Ingrian: komandira — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Latin: ductor — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Latin: praepositus — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Manx: anneyder — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Māori: toihau — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Middle English: comaundour — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Mongolian: дарга (darga) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Portuguese: comandante — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Russian: команди́р (komandír) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Russian: нача́льник (načálʹnik) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sanskrit: अधिप (adhipa) — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannard — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sicilian: capu — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sicilian: capitanu — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sicilian: capurali — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sicilian: cumannanti — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Sicilian: cumanneri — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Spanish: comandante — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Tocharian B: tāś — one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons
• Danish: kommandør — commander in an honorary order
• Dutch: commandeur — commander in an honorary order
• French: commandeur — commander in an honorary order
• Marathi: कमांडर (kamāṇḍar) — commander in an honorary order
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommandør — commander in an honorary order
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kommandør — commander in an honorary order