different between gendarmerie vs gendarme

English

Alternative forms

• gendarmery

Etymology

From French gendarmerie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n.d??.m?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n.d??.m?.?i/

Noun

gendarmerie (plural gendarmeries)

1. A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.

Related terms

• gendarme

Translations

French

Etymology

From gendarme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.da?.m?.?i/

Noun

gendarmerie f (plural gendarmeries)

1. The military branch of the French police service.

Derived terms

• Gendarmerie royale du Canada

Related terms

• gendarme

Further reading

• “gendarmerie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

gendarmerie f pl

1. plural of gendarmeria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d'armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.?d??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n.?d??m/

Noun

gendarme (plural gendarmes or gensdarmes)

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. Policeman.
   • 2003, Daniele Archibugi, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Debating Cosmopolitics, Verso, page 170 [1]:

     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.

3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

Synonyms

• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

Anagrams

• red mange

French

Etymology

Singular extracted from plural gendarmes, which arose as a re-spelling of gens d'armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.da?m/

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
2. firebug (the insect)

Derived terms

• gendarme allongé

Descendants

• ? English: gendarme
• ? Italian: gendarme
• ? Romanian: jandarm

Further reading

• “gendarme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• démanger

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmi)

1. policeman (armed)

Portuguese

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

1. gendarme (member of the gendarmerie)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xen?da?me/, [x?n??d?a?.me]

Noun

gendarme m (plural gendarmes)

1. (law enforcement) policeman (armed)

Related terms

• gendarmería

Further reading

• “gendarme” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.