sargento

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) sergeant (rank above that of a corporal)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) sergeant (rank in some police forces)
3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, humorous, informal, masculine) captain (someone who bosses others around)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saʁˈʒẽ.tu/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: sergent

In summary

Borrowed from French sergent, from Middle French sergent, from Old French serjant, from Medieval Latin servientem (“a servant, a vassal, a soldier or an apparitor”). Doublet of servente.

Concepts

sergeant

sarge

Translations

sergent

sargento

sierżant

sergeant

sergente

λοχίας

çavuş

Sergeant

vicebrigadiere

Stabsunteroffizier

sergent

serjant

sergent

astsubay

komiser muavini