commanding officer

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64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: komandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Arabic: قَائِد (qāʔid) — officer in command of a military unit
• Arabic: قُمَنْدَان (qumandān) — officer in command of a military unit
• Arabic: آمِر (ʔāmir) — officer in command of a military unit
• Armenian: հրամանատար (hramanatar) — officer in command of a military unit
• Azerbaijani: komandir — officer in command of a military unit
• Azerbaijani: komandan — officer in command of a military unit
• Belarusian: камандзі́р (kamandzír) — officer in command of a military unit
• Belarusian: каманды́р (kamandýr) — officer in command of a military unit
• Bulgarian: команди́р (komandír) — officer in command of a military unit
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮官 /指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān) — officer in command of a military unit
• Czech: velitel — officer in command of a military unit
• Danish: kommandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Danish: befalingsmand — officer in command of a military unit
• Finnish: komentaja — officer in command of a military unit
• French: commandant — officer in command of a military unit
• French: chef de corps — officer in command of a military unit
• Georgian: მეთაური (metauri) — officer in command of a military unit
• German: Kommandeur — officer in command of a military unit
• German: Befehlshaber — officer in command of a military unit
• Greek: αρχηγός (archigós) — officer in command of a military unit
• Greek: διοικητής (dioikitís) — officer in command of a military unit
• Hebrew: מְפַקֵּד (m'fakéd) — officer in command of a military unit
• Hungarian: parancsnok — officer in command of a military unit
• Irish: oifigeach ceannais — officer in command of a military unit
• Italian: comandante — officer in command of a military unit
• Japanese: 指揮官 (shikikan) — officer in command of a military unit
• Kazakh: кәмәндір (kämändır) — officer in command of a military unit
• Kazakh: командир (komandir) — officer in command of a military unit
• Korean: 지휘관 (jihwigwan) — officer in command of a military unit
• Kyrgyz: командир (komandir) — officer in command of a military unit
• Kyrgyz: саркер (sarker) — officer in command of a military unit
• Kyrgyz: сардар (sardar) — officer in command of a military unit
• Latvian: komandieris — officer in command of a military unit
• Lithuanian: vadas — officer in command of a military unit
• Macedonian: команда́нт (komandánt) — officer in command of a military unit
• Macedonian: заповедник (zapovednik) — officer in command of a military unit
• Norwegian Bokmål: kommandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kommandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Persian: امیر (amir) — officer in command of a military unit
• Persian: فرمانده (farmânde) — officer in command of a military unit
• Polish: dowódca — officer in command of a military unit
• Portuguese: comandante — officer in command of a military unit
• Romanian: comandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Russian: команди́р (komandír) — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: заповѐднӣк — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: заповјѐднӣк — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: кома̀ндант — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovèdnīk — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: zapovjèdnīk — officer in command of a military unit
• Serbo-Croatian: komàndant — officer in command of a military unit
• Slovak: veliteľ — officer in command of a military unit
• Slovene: komandant — officer in command of a military unit
• Slovene: poveljnik — officer in command of a military unit
• Spanish: comandante — officer in command of a military unit
• Swedish: befälhavare — officer in command of a military unit
• Tajik: амир (amir) — officer in command of a military unit
• Tajik: фармондеҳ (farmondeh) — officer in command of a military unit
• Turkish: kumandan — officer in command of a military unit
• Turkish: komutan — officer in command of a military unit
• Ukrainian: команди́р (komandýr) — officer in command of a military unit
• Uzbek: komandir — officer in command of a military unit
• Vietnamese: tư lệnh — officer in command of a military unit
• Yiddish: קאָמאַנדיר (komandir) — officer in command of a military unit