Dictionary

gendarme en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ʒɒnˈdɑːm/ (UK)
• /ʒɑnˈdɑɹm/ (US)

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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos Proto-Italic *armosder. 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.

Meanings

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. A policeman.
   • The US is tempted to play the role of global gendarme because everyone knows that the UN, as it is, lacks the resources and capacity to fill this role. 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170:
3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.
   • The Arete starts easily, with several beautiful, loping pitches leading to a striking gendarme. 1998, Climbing - Issues 178-180, page 64:
   • Continuing to the main summit involves ascents of the gendarmes (the first being the owl-eared one referred to in the next route description) and 140-foot rappels down their south sides. 2013, Joe Kelsey, Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains, →ISBN, page 259:
   • The previous attempts foundered when they tried to take this gendarme directly. 1979, Chris Jones, Climbing in North America, →ISBN, page 118:

Forms

Deriveds

gendarmish

Synonyms

police officer (police officer)

Translations (58)

sh жандарм (member of the gendarmerie) · sh жандар (member of the gendarmerie) · sh žandar (member of the gendarmerie) · cs četník (member of the gendarmerie) · nl gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · ro jandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · pt gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · tk žandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · tl hendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · hu zsandár (member of the gendarmerie) · gl curuto (rock pinnacle) · it gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · uk жанда́рм (member of the gendarmerie) · cs žandár (member of the gendarmerie) · de Gendarm (member of the gendarmerie) · sv gendarm (member of the gendarmerie) · sq xhandar (member of the gendarmerie) · fi santarmi (member of the gendarmerie) · eo ĝendarmo (member of the gendarmerie) · he זַ׳נְדַּרְם (member of the gendarmerie) · et sandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · ca gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · cs žandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · tg жандарм (member of the gendarmerie) · pl żandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · lv žandarms (member of the gendarmerie) · nb gendarm (member of the gendarmerie) · cs žandarm (rock pinnacle) · cmn 岩峰 (rock pinnacle) · ko 헌병 (member of the gendarmerie) · fi kalliopaasi (rock pinnacle) · ru жанда́рм (member of the gendarmerie) · kk жандарм (member of the gendarmerie) · sk žandár (member of the gendarmerie) · gl xendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · yi זשאַנדאַרם (member of the gendarmerie) · el χωροφύλακας (member of the gendarmerie) · vi sen đầm (member of the gendarmerie) · hy ժանդարմ (member of the gendarmerie) · ja 憲兵 (member of the gendarmerie) · ar دَرَكِيّ (member of the gendarmerie) · fa ژاندارم (member of the gendarmerie) · ar جَنْدَرْم (member of the gendarmerie) · hu csendőr (member of the gendarmerie) · be жанда́рм (member of the gendarmerie) · tr jandarma (member of the gendarmerie) · cmn 憲兵 /宪兵 (member of the gendarmerie) · lt žandaras (member of the gendarmerie) · vi hiến binh (member of the gendarmerie) · uz jandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · bg жанда́рм (member of the gendarmerie) · az jandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · es gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · ka ჟანდარმი (member of the gendarmerie) · fr gendarme (member of the gendarmerie) · sh žandarm (member of the gendarmerie) · ky жандарм (member of the gendarmerie) · gl coruncho (rock pinnacle)