commander in chief

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• Albanian: komandant i përgjithshëm — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Arabic: رَئِيس أَرْكَان (raʔīs ʔarkān) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Armenian: գլխավոր հրամանատար (glxavor hramanatar) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Azerbaijani: ali baş komandan — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Azerbaijani: baş komandan — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Belarusian: галоўнакама́ндуючы (halownakamándujučy) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Bengali: সর্বাধিনায়ক (śorbadhinaẏok) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Bulgarian: главнокома́ндващ (glavnokomándvašt) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Burmese: ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ် (ka-kwaire:u:ci:hkyup) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Catalan: comandant en cap — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Chinese Mandarin: 總司令 /总司令 (zǒngsīlìng) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Czech: vrchní velitel — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Danish: øverstkommanderende — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Danish: øverstbefalende — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Dutch: opperbevelhebber — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Esperanto: ĉefgeneralo — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Estonian: ülemjuhataja — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Faroese: hægstráðandi — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Finnish: puolustusvoimain ylipäällikkö — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• French: commandant en chef — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Georgian: მთავარსარდალი (mtavarsardali) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• German: Oberbefehlshaber — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• German: OB — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Greek: αρχιστράτηγος (archistrátigos) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hebrew: רָמַטְכָּ״ל \ רמטכ״ל (ramatkál) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hebrew: שַׂר צָבָא (sar tsavá) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hindi: प्रधान सेनापति (pradhān senāpati) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hindi: सेनापति (senāpati) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hindi: कमांडर इन चीफ़ (kamāṇḍar in cīf) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Hungarian: főparancsnok — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Icelandic: yfirforingi — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Indonesian: panglima tertinggi — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Irish: ardcheannasaí — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Italian: comandante in capo — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Italian: comandate supremo — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Japanese: 最高指揮官 (saikō shikikan) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Japanese: 総司令官 (sōshireikan) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Kashmiri: سِپاہ سالار (sipāh sālār) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Kazakh: жоғарғы бас қолбасшы (joğarğy bas qolbasşy) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Kazakh: бас қолбасшы (bas qolbasşy) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Khmer: អគ្គមេបញ្ជាការ (ʼakkĕəʼ mee bɑñciəkaa) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Korean: 총사령관 (chongsaryeonggwan) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Kyrgyz: башкы колбашчы (başkı kolbaşcı) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Kyrgyz: башкы командачы (başkı komandacı) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Lao: ຜູ້ບັນຊາການສູງສຸດ (phū ban sā kān sūng sut) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Latvian: virspavēlnieks — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Lithuanian: vyriausiasis vadas — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Macedonian: главен команда́нт (glaven komandánt) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Macedonian: врховен команда́нт (vrhoven komandánt) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Malay: ketua turus — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Malay: panglima tertinggi — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Malay: pemerintah tertinggi — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Manx: ard-anneyder — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Mongolian: ерөнхий командлагч (jörönxii komandlagč) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Norwegian Bokmål: øverstkommanderende — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Pannonian Rusyn: войсководитель (vojskovoditelʹ) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Iranian Persian: فَرْمَانْدِهِ کُلِّ قُوا (farmândeh-e koll-e ġovâ) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Iranian Persian: بُزُرْگاَرْتِشْتاران (bozorg-arteštârân) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Polish: naczelny wódz — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Polish: głównodowodzący — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Portuguese: comandante em chefe — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Romanian: comandant suprem — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Romanian: comandant-șef — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Russian: главнокома́ндующий (glavnokomándujuščij) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Serbo-Croatian: во̏јсковођа — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Serbo-Croatian: vȍjskovođa — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Slovak: vrchný veliteľ — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Slovene: vrhovni poveljnik — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Spanish: comandante en jefe — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Swedish: överbefälhavare — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Tajik: сарфармондеҳ (sarfarmondeh) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Tajik: фармондеҳи кулли қуво (farmondeh-i kull-i quvo) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Thai: ผู้บัญชาการทหาร (pûu-ban-chaa-gaan-tá-hǎan) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Turkish: başkomutan — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Turkish: serasker — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Ottoman Turkish: سرعسكر (serʼasker) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Turkmen: baş serkerde — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Ukrainian: головнокома́ндувач (holovnokománduvač) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Urdu: کَمانْڈَر اِن چِیف (kamānḍar in cīf) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Uyghur: باش قوماندان (bash qomandan) — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Uzbek: bosh qoʻmondon — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Uzbek: oliy bosh qoʻmondon — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Vietnamese: tổng tư lệnh — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country
• Welsh: pencadlywydd — supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country