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gendarmerie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ʒɑnˈdɑɹ.mə.ɹi/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʒɒnˈdɑː.mə.ɹi/ (UK)

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 gendarme Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -erieder. French -erie French gendarmeriebor. English gendarmerie Borrowed from French gendarmerie.

Meanings

1. A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.
   • We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me. 1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J[ames] W[illiams] Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 259:

Forms

Relateds

gendarme

Translations (67)

cs žandarmerie (military body charged with police duties) · da gendarmeri (military body charged with police duties) · rue жандарме́рія (military body charged with police duties) · tk žandarmeriýa (military body charged with police duties) · lt žandarmerija (military body charged with police duties) · id gendarmeri (military body charged with police duties) · sh oružništvo (military body charged with police duties) · hi जेंडरमेरी (military body charged with police duties) · ja 国家憲兵 (military body charged with police duties) · hu csendőrség (military body charged with police duties) · fi santarmi (military body charged with police duties) · uz jandarmeriya (military body charged with police duties) · ky жандармерия (military body charged with police duties) · be жандармэ́рыя (military body charged with police duties) · id marinyo (military body charged with police duties) · cs četnictvo (military body charged with police duties) · ht jandamri (military body charged with police duties) · ro jandarmerie (military body charged with police duties) · vi sen đầm (military body charged with police duties) · grc χωρόφυλαξ (military body charged with police duties) · eo ĝendarmo (military body charged with police duties) · fa-ira ژانْدارْمِری (military body charged with police duties) · vi hiến binh (military body charged with police duties) · bg жандарме́рия (military body charged with police duties) · nb gendarmeri (military body charged with police duties) · sq xhandarmëri (military body charged with police duties) · tr jandarmalar (military body charged with police duties) · es gendarmería (military body charged with police duties) · pt gendarmeria (military body charged with police duties) · hy ժանդարմերիա (military body charged with police duties) · acm جندرمة (military body charged with police duties) · pt gendarmaria (military body charged with police duties) · nl rijkswacht (military body charged with police duties) · ka ჟანდარმერია (military body charged with police duties) · de Gendarmerie (military body charged with police duties) · sh жандармерија (military body charged with police duties) · sk žandarméria (military body charged with police duties) · he זַ׳נְדַּרְמֶרְיָה (military body charged with police duties) · ko 국가 헌병 (military body charged with police duties) · et sandarmeeria (military body charged with police duties) · it carabinieri (military body charged with police duties) · sh оружништво (military body charged with police duties) · ko 헌병 (military body charged with police duties) · ar دَرَك (military body charged with police duties) · be жандарме́рыя (military body charged with police duties) · nl gendarmerie (military body charged with police duties) · el χωροφυλακή (military body charged with police duties) · az jandarmeriya (military body charged with police duties) · sh žandarmerija (military body charged with police duties) · tg жандармерия (military body charged with police duties) · kk жандармерия (military body charged with police duties) · mk жандармерија (military body charged with police duties) · uk жандарме́рія (military body charged with police duties) · sk žandárstvo (military body charged with police duties) · ru жандарме́рия (military body charged with police duties) · tr jandarma (military body charged with police duties) · lv žandarmērija (military body charged with police duties) · cmn 國家憲兵 /国家宪兵 (military body charged with police duties) · fr gendarmerie (military body charged with police duties) · cmn 憲兵 /宪兵 (military body charged with police duties) · ja 憲兵 (military body charged with police duties) · it gendarmeria (military body charged with police duties) · ar حَرَس (military body charged with police duties) · sv gendarmeri (military body charged with police duties) · ar جَنْدَرْمَة (military body charged with police duties) · sl žandarmerija (military body charged with police duties) · pl żandarmeria (military body charged with police duties)