officer

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
2. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
3. One who holds a public office.
4. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
5. (colloquial) A commissioned officer.

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply with officers.
2. (transitive) To command as or like an officer.

Concepts

officier

fonctionnaire

agent

policier

👮

keuf

👮

enquêteur

employé

commandant

agent de police

policière

spécialiste

titulaire

dignitaire

membre du comité directeur

administrateur

Synonymes

official

functionary

policeman

👮‍♂️

agent

employee

police officer

👮

commander

mate

🧉

civil servant

staff

director

clerk

constable

military officer

cop

👮

government official

bank clerk

command

copper

actor

head

minister

officeholder

operative

servant

ship’s officer

commandant

colonel

errand boy

executive

church

⛪

govern

government

governor

management

incumbent

jurist

justice

lead

leader

magistrate

manage

marshal

chief

military rank

police

👮

ministrant

office

🏢

public officer

office worker

🧑‍💼

Traductions

oficial

Offizier

ufficiale

funzionario

oficial

funcionario

officier

Beamter

αξιωματικός

beambte

ambtenaar

ضابط

oficial

funcionário

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɒfɪsə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: officer

In summary

From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er.

Phrases

Thomas is a West Point graduate and Army officer .

John T . Hendrickson is the Chief Executive Officer .

John T. Hendrickson est le chef de la direction.

The speaker is the presiding officer of the Inatsisartut.

L'orateur est le président de l'InatsisartUt.

Before entering politics Wilkie was an infantry officer in the Australian Army .

Avant d'entrer en politique, Wilkie était officier d'infanterie dans l'armée australienne.

The survivors , including a badly wounded , " practically incoherent " signal officer , went for the lifeboats .

Les survivants, y compris un agent de signal «pratiquement incohérent», ont opté pour les canots de sauvetage.