officer

English

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Officer

A military officer

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”).

Pronunciation

Noun

officer (plural officers)

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

Derived terms

non-commissioned officer

Related terms

Translations

one who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization

Arabic: مأمور (ar) (maʼmūr) m
Armenian: սպա (hy) (spa)
Bulgarian: офицер (bg) (oficér) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員 (cmn), 官员 (cmn) (guānyuán), 官吏 (cmn) (guānlì)
Czech: funkcionář (cs)
Esperanto: oficiro (eo)
Finnish: upseeri (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m
German: Funktionär (de) m

Hungarian: rendőr (hu), katonatiszt (hu), tiszt (hu)
Italian: funzionario (it) m
Japanese: 役員 (ja) (やくいん, yakuin)
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئه‌فسه‌ر (ku) (efser)
Manx: fer oik (gv) m
Persian: افسر (fa) (afsar), سرکار (fa) (sarkâr)
Russian: служащий (ru) (slúžaščij) m, чиновник (ru) (činóvnik) m
Swahili: afisa (sw), ofisa (sw)
Welsh: swyddog (cy) m
Zazaki: êfser m, êfser f, êfsere f

one who holds a public office

Bulgarian: чиновник (bg) (činóvnik) m
Finnish: virkamies (fi)
German: Beamte (de) m
Hungarian: köztisztviselő (hu)

Japanese: 役人 (ja) (やくにん, yakunin)
Russian: чиновник (ru) (činóvnik) m
Scottish Gaelic: maor (gd) m

an agent or servant imparted with the ability to act on initiative

Finnish: asiamies (fi)

Swahili: afisa (sw)

a contraction of the term "commissioned officer"

Arabic: ضابط (ar) (DaabiT) m
Armenian: սպա (hy) (spa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軍官 (cmn), 军官 (cmn) (jūnguān)
French: officier (fr) m

German: Offizier (de) m
Hebrew: קצין (he) (katsin) m
Japanese: 士官 (ja) (しかん, shikan), 将校 (ja) (しょうこう, shōkō)
Russian: офицер (ru) (oficér) m (military or police)

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Albanian: 1. oficer; 2. nënpunës
Dutch: officier (nl) m
Hebrew: קצין (he) (katzin) m

Italian: agente (it) m, ufficiale (it)
Korean: 장교 (ko) (janggyo)
Portuguese: oficial (pt) m
Serbo-Croatian: часник (časnik) m
Spanish: oficial (es) m
Swedish: officer (sv) c

Verb

officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)