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commissariat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɑ.mɪˈsɛr.i.ət/ (US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from French commissariat.

Meanings

1. A supply of food.
   • We gave such dinner-parties as our commissariat allowed; the menu was simplicity itself - " blanket " for every course, cunningly disguised as soup, entree, and, I was going to say, joint. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 79:
2. The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
3. (historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
4. A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.

Forms

Translations (34)

el επιτροπάτο (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · el επιμελητεία (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · crh komissariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · id komisariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · nl commissariaat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · uz komissarlik (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ru комиссариа́т (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · crh komissarlıq (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · be камісарыя́т (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · tt комиссариат (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ka კომისარიატი (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ky комиссариат (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · cmn 委員部 /委员部 (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · hy կոմիսարիատ (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · tk komissariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · kk комиссариат (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · hu népbiztosság (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · uz komissariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · lt komisariatas (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · el επιτροπείο (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · et komissariaat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · el κομισαριάτο (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · az komissarlıq (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · it commissariato (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ja 委員部 (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · fi komissariaatti (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · tg комиссариат (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ko 위원부 (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · de Kommissariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · fr commissariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · pl komisariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · uk комісаріа́т (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · lv komisariāts (a department of the government of the Soviet Union) · ro comisariat (a department of the government of the Soviet Union)