Masculine

commandement

Meaning

  1. (masculine) command, order
  2. (masculine, metonymically) authority, power to command, to give orders; command
  3. (masculine, metonymically) commander
  4. (masculine) commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔ.mɑ̃d.mɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

First attested in the eleventh century as Old French comandement. By surface analysis, commander (“to order”) + -ment.

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