connétable
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French connétable, from Late Latin comes stabulī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
connétable m (plural connétables)
- (historical) constable of France (supreme commander of the French army or another high-ranking appointee)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French conestable.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
connétable m (plural connétables)
- (historical) constable (of France); supreme commander of the French armies
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: connétable
- → English: connétable (learned)
Further reading edit
- “connétable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.