noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ʒɒnˈdɑːm/
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US:/ʒɑnˈdɑɹm/
rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
CMU ARPABET:ZH AA1 N D AA2 R M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A policeman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
a French policeman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: policeman, police officer, officer
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tis Proto-Italic *gentis Latin gentem Old French gentder. French gents French gens Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French d' Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h2(e)rmosder. Late Latin arma Old French arme Middle French arme French armes French gens d'armes French gendarmesbf. French gendarmebor. English gendarme Borrowed from French gendarme, a back-formation from gendarmes, from gens d'armes (“people of arms, armed people”), from gens + d' + armes.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
xhandar
— member of the gendarmerie
Arabic:
دَرَكِيّ
(darakiyy)
— member of the gendarmerie
Arabic:
جَنْدَرْم
(jandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Armenian:
ժանդարմ
(žandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Azerbaijani:
jandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Belarusian:
жанда́рм
(žandárm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Bulgarian:
жанда́рм
(žandárm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Catalan:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Chinese Mandarin:
憲兵 /宪兵
(xiànbīng)
— member of the gendarmerie
Czech:
žandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Czech:
žandár
— member of the gendarmerie
Czech:
četník
— member of the gendarmerie
Dutch:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Esperanto:
ĝendarmo
— member of the gendarmerie
Estonian:
sandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Finnish:
santarmi
— member of the gendarmerie
French:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Galician:
xendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Georgian:
ჟანდარმი
(žandarmi)
— member of the gendarmerie
German:
Gendarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Greek:
χωροφύλακας
(chorofýlakas)
— member of the gendarmerie
Hebrew:
זַ׳נְדַּרְם
(zhandárm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Hungarian:
zsandár
— member of the gendarmerie
Hungarian:
csendőr
— member of the gendarmerie
Italian:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Japanese:
憲兵
(kenpei)
— member of the gendarmerie
Kazakh:
жандарм
(jandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Korean:
헌병
(heonbyeong)
— member of the gendarmerie
Kyrgyz:
жандарм
(jandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Latvian:
žandarms
— member of the gendarmerie
Lithuanian:
žandaras
— member of the gendarmerie
Norwegian Bokmål:
gendarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Persian:
ژاندارم
(žândârm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Polish:
żandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Portuguese:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Romanian:
jandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Russian:
жанда́рм
(žandárm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Serbo-Croatian:
жандар
— member of the gendarmerie
Serbo-Croatian:
жандарм
— member of the gendarmerie
Serbo-Croatian:
žandar
— member of the gendarmerie
Serbo-Croatian:
žandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Slovak:
žandár
— member of the gendarmerie
Spanish:
gendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Swedish:
gendarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Tagalog:
hendarme
— member of the gendarmerie
Tajik:
жандарм
(žandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Turkish:
jandarma
— member of the gendarmerie
Turkmen:
žandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Ukrainian:
жанда́рм
(žandárm)
— member of the gendarmerie
Uzbek:
jandarm
— member of the gendarmerie
Vietnamese:
sen đầm
— member of the gendarmerie
Vietnamese:
hiến binh
— member of the gendarmerie
Yiddish:
זשאַנדאַרם
(zhandarm)
— member of the gendarmerie
